Breaking News - Hillary Clinton admitted to hospital with a blood clot

[malaise]

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WTF??????? Get well Hillary!!

[Melinda]

1. Oh no!! Please keep us updated... Prayers and healing thoughts for you Madame Secretary!! eom

[malaise]

4. Clot formed from concussion

after that fall - so much for the scumbag ReTHUGs who said she was hiding from the Benghazi hearings.

[moman]

7. Which piece of Republican filth

Started that rumor?

[RomneyLies]

10. All over the Freak's ReThuglic. n/t

[Care Acutely]

14. Take your pick - Rush, Hannity, under the breath implications by various house members.

Soulless pieces of shit, all.

[CherokeeDem]

31. John Bolton

He's the scumbag that said this publicly....

[Melinda]

13. When are they not scumbag rat-bastards?

I can't find anything more about this anywhere. Son of a gun, I hope all will be well. The blood clot may well be on her brain since its apparently a result of her concussion... not a trivial matter. We need all send positive thought! Thanks malaise!!

[Care Acutely]

17. It is most likely in her brain. nt

[yellowcanine]

62. Well gee and that scumbag John Bolton was braying about a "diplomatic illness" to avoid testifying

on Benghazi. See if he has the balls to apologize now.

[craigmatic]

2. Damn that's no joke. I hope she recovers.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Seconded. Get well soon HRC!!!!

Best vibes

[spanone]

5. thanks for the news.....get well ma'am

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. You and I posted at the same time

makes me wonder... never mind, I will shut up now... (Ok, will say it. VIP medicine at times sucks)

[malaise]

9. LOL

great minds and all

[Care Acutely]

8. Well that's a punch right to the heart. Poor Bill must be a wreck.

Thoughts and prayers for M. Secretary and her family. And us too.

[Skittles]

20. yup

a lot of people do not understand that those two really do love each other and have for decades

[Care Acutely]

26. Yes! All any cogent person has to do is to watch him watching her speaking, doing anything really

He obviously loves her intensely.

[Skittles]

33. absolutely

and I remember a college friend of Hillary's saying everyone has their obsession - Hillary's obsession has always been Bill.

[Glimmer of Hope]

11. Oh no! What does this mean? This worries me...

[Care Acutely]

18. It means her concussion caused a bleed in her brain

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That bleeding is now a clot, technically a brain lesion, that they are now trying to resolve with anticoagulants, that come with their own attendant risks as well.

It's no small thing.


UPDATE: It may not be in her brain. I sure hope not. Still no small thing.

[Glimmer of Hope]

24. Oh no. Thanks for the explanation.

[JI7]

12. is she ok? please get well

did she say how she went in ? did she walk in herself ?

[Jennicut]

15. Hope she is okay.

Bloodclots are nothing to mess with.

[spanone]

16. but, but john bolton said she was faking to dodge the benghazi hearings??

that's the kind of people the republicans are.

[malaise]

21. Watch the hypocrites wish her will now

They disgust me. After a fall aspirin is recommended to prevent clotting. She's getting the best treatment.

[Melinda]

25. John Bolton? Look up the definition of "scumbag" and his photo's there. May he rot in hell.

I didn't know it was Bolton, but I'm not surprised. I hope he feels good about himself right about now.

[malaise]

29. He wasn't the only one

RW talk radio, TV and people in Congress wanted to see her medical certificate - yes they went there.

[Melinda]

41. There is no depth of depravity these monsters won't sink too.

I know this, I've known it for years, but I am a very old Pollyanna in many ways. I didn't know, I didn't expect that, I am seething at this moment. Literally seething. Time to back away from my keyboard as I feel a repuke rage coming on, and Hillary needs positive thoughts right now, not the disgust and anger I am feeling.

Thanks again for the news, malaise. Sighs.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

19. Get well soon Hillary!

Blood clots can be deadly.

I know.

Thanksgiving night of 2011 I was admitted to the emergency room for pulmonary emboli. That means I had many blood clots in my lungs and would have died without immediate attention.

They started in my legs as deep vein thrombosis and went through my heart and settled in my lungs. I spent 8 days in ICU. Paying off the bill a little bit at a time.

Best wishes to Madame Secretary!

[malaise]

23. And people who travel a lot are susceptible

to deep vein thrombosis.. Serena Williams had one as well.

Glad you recovered.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

64. 2 days before I had been in the Dallas Traffic from Hell.

On Nov. 22nd (what a day to go through Dallas,huh?) I was driving thru Dallas on I-45/I-35 and it took me SIX HOURS to get through Dallas. It was at a standstill all the way to Denton. I remember pulling over & stopping frequently at gas stations to pee(I had uncontrolled diabetes as well) and just slumping in the driver's seat.

I was in stopped traffic, and the cars on either side of me would pull ahead of me, have a standoff in front of me, trying to get to the opposite lane. I have never seen anything like it. This was on I-35 where it goes East/West just North of downtown.

By 2 days later I was panting violently every time I attempted to take a step. When I hit the ER, after cooking all day, my blood sugar was almost 700 and my O2 was at 85% instead of 100%.

Took coumadin for 6 months. I'm OK now.
Thanks for your wishes for my good health!

[w8liftinglady]

22. Bless her. I'm not sure where her clot is yet.

The same thing happened to me after my brain surgery.Bless her.

[malaise]

28. Where have you been?

Glad you're OK now. One of our good friends had a major brain tumor removed earlier this year.
Her recovery is amazing. If you can afford it, there is top class medical treatment available these days.
Hillary will be fine.

[w8liftinglady]

34. I'm fine...

My clot was in my leg,and then moved to my lung.I was in the hospital on and off the entire summer of 2010.
I hope Hillary comes through this as well.She has access to good physicians,thank god.

[malaise]

47. I remember when you were in hospital

but I haven't seen you here for a while

[w8liftinglady]

54. I've been busy setting Texas Republicans straight on Dallas Morning News

It's a fulltime job
Hehe.

[malaise]

58. LOL

and I see you're 'purpling' up the state. I remember when you used to post the letters.

Happy Holidays - really good to see you.

[Care Acutely]

32. It's exceedingly unlikely that it was found elsewhere, don't you think?

Asking, since you are a nurse too, right?

[w8liftinglady]

40. I had a dvt after my left temporal lobectomy.

It migrated to my left lung...thank god.I was hospitalized on two separate occaisions for teatment...less than one week post-op lobectomy.Went home on coumadin,had trouble getting my INR elevated,acute chest pain and shortness of breath,admitted to ICU exactly one month after surgery
I am an RN,CCRN,RN-BC who has spent about 25 years caring for blood clots post-op.They don't just happen at the site of injury.

[Care Acutely]

46. Great information. If bleeding from the brain produces a clot

It just seems dangerous to treat with anticoagulants, even if it has migrated, for fear of opening up that bleed again. Of course you can't just leave someone in respiratory distress/failure either - what a messy business it all is - still.

Thanks for your experience. Sorry it had to become personal experience.

[w8liftinglady]

51. I agree...trust me, my neurosurgeon sweated bullets

He visited me twice a day after my first admission.He was NOT excited about a brain surgery patient being on a heparin drip.

[Liberalynn]

27. Get Well Hillary

Sending out the good vibes

[Melinda]

30. More Info from Yahoo News:

http://news.yahoo.com/hillary-clinton-hospitalized-blood-clot-010449514.html

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month.

Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam Sunday. Reines says Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants.

Clinton was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital so doctors can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours.

Reines says doctors will continue to assess Clinton's condition, "including other issues associated with her concussion."

[JI7]

38. ok, so she was conscious and they found it during a check up ?

that makes me feel a bit better.

[Lucinda]

65. An exam on a Sunday isn't the norm though...

unless it is for her because of her workload....a Sunday exam really doesn't happen around here

[Little Star]

35. omg. Hope she'll be alright. :(

[Honeycombe8]

36. Oh, no. That sounds dangerous. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

37. The neurologists and the surgeons will want to *slowly* dissolve

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the clot to prevent bleeding into the brain.

[octoberlib]

39. From the Washington Post

http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-admitted-to-hospital-with-blood-clot-following-concussion/2012/12/30/44aeb134-52e6-11e2-abc4-3d33329b6128_story.html
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month.

Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam Sunday. Reines says Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants.

Clinton was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital so doctors can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours.

Reines says doctors will continue to assess Clinton’s condition, “including other issues associated with her concussion

[Baitball Blogger]

43. Sounds like they caught it in time.

Thank God someone thought to do a follow up exam that probably involved x-rays.

[Cha]

44. Thank you, octoberlib..

[graham4anything]

42. Get Well Soon Hillary. Biden had something like this 40 years ago, and was fine shortly after

all her haters can go to hell.

It is something young and old can get. Many kids who fall off their bike get this, it is why now they want kids to wear helmets

The repubican rightwing conspiracy is in full spin.She was the first to say that years ago, and it is 100% true then and know.
Being that John Kerry is the new SOS, he can well handle the congressional hearings anyhow.
That is what he is there for.He can testify. He knows all that needs to be told.

I hope though it was an accident and wasn't one of the haters that pushed her down or something. Wouldn't put it past them, knowing they can't stop her in 2016. But we can only speculate.
Do hope the secret service is checking and looking into something like that.

[malaise]

48. She had a dtomach bug, was dehydrated

had a concussion and now a clot as a result of it. No one pushed her down...she fell

[Archae]

45. Damn Freak Repulikkkers are at it...

A couple had relatives die of it or they know what it is, the rest are sliming that board big time.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973521/posts

[malaise]

49. Holy Shit - they are disgusting scumbags!!

[nolabear]

53. Well I'll be. The dead have arisen.

[nadinbrzezinski]

59. And if you are surprised...

I expect some of this shit on fox as well.

[PeaceNikki]

50. best wishes for a speedy recovery, Madam Secretary!!

[greatauntoftriplets]

52. It never rains but it pours.

Get well soon, Mrs. Clinton.

[blogslut]

55. May all be well.

Many wishes for a speedy and easy recovery.

[Ken Burch]

56. Be well, Madam Secretary.

Trying to do that work clearly takes a lot out of a person.

[Raine]

57. Repukes need to apologize but I won't hold my breath waiting. nt

[malaise]

61. ReTHUGs never apologize

They will now expand their conspiracy theory.

[spanone]

60. updated link from 1 hour ago....

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/30/16255487-hillary-clinton-hospitalized-after-doctors-discover-blood-clot?lite

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was admitted to a New York City hospital on Sunday after doctors discovered that a blood clot had formed, the State Department said in a statement.

Philippe Reines, a deputy assistant secretary, said in the statement that the clot stems from a concussion Clinton sustained several weeks ago.

Reines said that Clinton, 65, is being treated with anti-coagulants at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. She will be monitored there for the next 48 hours, he said.

“Her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion," he said. "They will determine if any further action is required.”

[Remmah2]

63. Crap. I saw it when the news broke in.