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Ted Kennedy Hospitalized with Stroke-Like Symptoms
« on: May 17, 2008, 01:44:54 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080517/ap_on_go_co/kennedy

BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts was hospitalized Saturday after suffering stroke-like symptoms, according to a knowledgeable official.
 
There was no immediate word on his condition.

The official who provided the information declined to be identified by name, citing the sensitivity of the events.

Hyannis Fire Lt. Bill Rex told The Associated Press that a 911 call came in from the Kennedy family compound at 8:19 a.m. A man was transported to Cape Cod Hospital and transferred by air at 10:10 a.m. from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Massachusetts General Hospital.

Kennedy, 76, has been in the Senate since election in 1962, filling out the term won by his brother, John F. Kennedy.

In October, Kennedy had surgery to repair a nearly complete blockage in a major neck artery. The discovery was made during a routine examination of a decades-old back injury.

The hourlong procedure on his left carotid artery ? a main supplier of blood to the face and brain ? was performed at Massachusetts General. This type of operation is performed on more than 180,000 people a year to prevent a stroke.

The doctor who operated on Kennedy said at the time that surgery is reserved for those with more than 70 percent blockage, and Kennedy had "a very high-grade blockage."

Kennedy is the lone surviving son in a famed political family. His eldest brother, Joseph, was killed in a World War II airplane crash. President John Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 and his brother Robert was assassinated in 1968.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts was hospitalized in Boston Saturday after suffering stroke-like symptoms, according to a knowledgeable official.

There was no immediate word on his condition.

The official who provided the information declined to be identified by name, citing the sensitivity of the events.

Hyannis Fire Lt. Bill Rex told the AP a 911 call came in from the Kennedy compound at 8:19 a.m. EDT A male was transported to Cape Cod Hospital and was transferred by medflight at 10:10 a.m. from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Massachusetts General Hospital.

Kennedy, 76, has been in the Senate since election in 1962, filling out the term won by his brother, John F. Kennedy.


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Re: Ted Kennedy Hospitalized with Stroke-Like Symptoms
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2008, 02:04:24 PM »
My prayers for him and his family. 
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Re: Ted Kennedy Hospitalized with Stroke-Like Symptoms
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2008, 02:23:01 PM »

Prayers and well wishes for a full recovery for Senator Kennedy.




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Re: Ted Kennedy Hospitalized with Stroke-Like Symptoms
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2008, 04:36:42 PM »
http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/election06/pages/endorse-senator.asp

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1976459/Senator-Edward-Kennedy-flown-to-hospital-following-seizure.html

A spokesman for the family said: ?It appears that Sen Kennedy experienced a seizure this morning.? The sopkesman said he was undergoing a series of tests. ?He is resting comfortably and it?s unlikely we?ll know anything more for the next 48 hours," the spokesman added.