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Texas Governor Burned in Accident; Could Miss GOP Convention
AP ^ | July 10, 2016 | WILL WEISSERT

Posted on 07/10/2016 6:34:09 PM PDT by PROCON

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas sustained "extensive second- and third-degree burns" on both legs below the knees and both feet — and may miss next week's Republican National Convention as a result, his office said Sunday.

Spokesman Matt Hirsch said Abbott was with his family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Thursday when he was scalded in an accident involving hot water. He declined to provide further details.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; abbott; burns; convention; govabbott; gregabbott; legburns; silveroxide; texas
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To: PROCON
Terrible news for a good man.

Get well soon, Governor.

21 posted on 07/10/2016 6:47:18 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (If 0bama had a son...he would be killing people.)
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To: refermech

Skin on paralyzed/denervated limbs is not normal skin and can suffer worse injury than normal skin In addition the lack of sensation can leave skin in contact with the source of the burn a lot longer than a normal person would tolerate I do not doubt a paraplegic could get a full thickness burn from something that a normal person would not


22 posted on 07/10/2016 6:48:11 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: MtnClimber
Probably visiting Yellowstone and walked into rolled over a spot where boiling water comes to the surface. Happens there all the time.

small detail, albeit not likely what happened I'm guessing

23 posted on 07/10/2016 6:49:28 PM PDT by Vortex (Garbage In, Garbage Out)
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To: Mom MD

But was he wheelchair bound before this from paralysis?


24 posted on 07/10/2016 6:49:37 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: PROCON

Weird I saw him on TV Friday at a press conference making a statement on the Dallas shooting. He did not look like he was in any pain or had been burned.


25 posted on 07/10/2016 6:50:09 PM PDT by funfan
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To: HiTech RedNeck

He still has nerve receptors in his legs and can feel pain, according to the article...
....he has been in a wheelchair since an accident 30 years ago


26 posted on 07/10/2016 6:50:22 PM PDT by Guenevere (If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: Hildy

Silver bandages greatly prevent infection, but studies found out silver prevents the cells in the bottom two layers of skin from doing their work well—they don’t lay the foundation quite right (silver makes them go a little crazy, but something does get done).


27 posted on 07/10/2016 6:50:24 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (If 0bama had a son...he would be killing people.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Yes He has been in a wheelchair for some time


28 posted on 07/10/2016 6:50:43 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Vortex

And still, they mark the geyser locations I thought. With big warning signs, don’t go there, watch from a safe distance, or something like that.

Even a governor can’t make the earth not do what the earth does... just sayin’.


29 posted on 07/10/2016 6:51:02 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Yes.


30 posted on 07/10/2016 6:51:07 PM PDT by funfan
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Despite a horrific accident when he was in law school in which a tree fell on him
and left him paralyzed, Abbott is still able to feel pain in his lower extremities.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20160710-gov.-greg-abbott-in-severe-pain-from-burns-as-he-traveled-to-dallas-in-shooting-aftermath.ece


31 posted on 07/10/2016 7:01:05 PM PDT by deport
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To: freedom1st

Yes he did speak on Friday in spite of the mishap. Local station NBC5 carried it live and, in light of this additional development, I am even more in awe of the man. Also very proud to have such a person as governor of my country (Texas.) If you haven’t seen or heard the talk he gave on Friday you should. Especially the video. I contend without reservation there is not a more capable and intelligent statesman to be found. He is a constitutional wizard, sharp as a hawk, and the best of the of what my country has to offer.


32 posted on 07/10/2016 7:02:13 PM PDT by t4texas (No koolaid for me. Thanks!)
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To: Hildy

Yes, I’ve seen bacitracin ointment now with silver in the stores.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery


33 posted on 07/10/2016 7:03:05 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: freedom1st

He was injured BEFORE he held his Dallas press conference? My goodness.

Prayers up for my Gov Abbott.

I’ve met him and appreciate his sincerity. I wish him a very speedy recovery.


34 posted on 07/10/2016 7:05:31 PM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: funfan

I believe most Americans saw that also...

am wondering if this is a media made up story...as he certainly spoke for quiet a long time and he didn’t look as if he was injured the day before...

very questionable, to me.


35 posted on 07/10/2016 7:05:45 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: PROCON



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36 posted on 07/10/2016 7:09:27 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: PROCON

He is such a good man.


37 posted on 07/10/2016 7:13:37 PM PDT by BAW (It's gunna be Yuge!)
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To: Mom MD

That makes sense. I didn’t know he was crippled.


38 posted on 07/10/2016 7:17:58 PM PDT by refermech
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To: Fiddlstix

I envy you your Governor; we have a metro-sexual pussy liberal POS who loves taxes and thinks global warming is killing us :-(


39 posted on 07/10/2016 7:18:27 PM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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To: ConservativeMind

A few years ago, I read about a high tech rapid burn treatment in the UK Daily Mail...”Star Trek Skin Gun heals severe burns ‘within days’.”
“Once grafts took weeks, but now this skin gun does the work in under 2 hours and the burns heal within days.”


40 posted on 07/10/2016 7:22:07 PM PDT by wtd
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