McConnell fractures shoulder in fall
Source: Washington Post
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fractures shoulder after falling at his Kentucky home, his office says
By Washington Post Staff
August 4 at 2:46 PM CT
The Kentucky Republican tripped on his patio Sunday and was treated and released. He is working from home in Louisville, his office said in a statement Sunday.
McConnell, 77, is seeking a seventh term next year.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/08/04/senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-fractures-shoulder-after-falling-at-his-kentucky-home-his-office-says/
Thoughts and prayers 😠
ck4829
(35,076 posts)cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Thoughts and prayers....
forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)No chance of sepsis for him.
I'm disappointed this didn't happen during Congressional session so someone could take the opportunity to clear out his bottom desk drawer of held-up legislation.
Me.
(35,454 posts)1. This isn't a fake sympathy bid
2. Someone didn't push him
usaf-vet
(6,186 posts)Moscow Mitch is hiding out.
A traitorous bastard deserves no pity.
I hope his pain medication is a placebo. Of course, rumor has it that he has his own stockpile of cocaine.
Me.
(35,454 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)whatever it is i hope it's painful and he gets hooked on oxy
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)his father-in-law left a bag of money on his patio and Mitch tripped over it?
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)Now he can avoid those pesky public appearances....you know, where everyone drowns him out with the Moscow Mitch chant.
catchnrelease
(1,945 posts)It's an excuse to not make any more public appearances. I guess we knew he is a coward, so no surprises.
Traildogbob
(8,739 posts)Or he tripped over bags of Russian cash. If he really did break it. Whomp whomp. I really don't care, do you? His wonderful socialist insurance we pay for, will fully cover it all. Hope he fell over on his shell, and his paid for arm candy would not turn him over. Subpoena hid damn X-rays. He is terrified of Mosco chants.
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jpak
(41,758 posts)tblue37
(65,342 posts)Voltaire2
(13,032 posts)Im sending farts and pears right now.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)No thoughts and prayers from me. I wouldn't even waste farts and pears (good one) on that poor excuse for a human being.
JudyM
(29,241 posts)FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)I guess he won't be patting himself on the back for a while.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)I have not decided if he is more homely when he "smiles" or when he is serious. Homely man, either way.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)oh wait, I guess that would be mean. But not as mean as what he has done to this country to fuck it...neck.
3catwoman3
(23,983 posts)Too bad it wasnt his neck, was my first thought, but I was afraid Id get alerted on.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I'm so skeptical of anything/any excuse for not being out in the firing line I can't even believe he broke his shoulder.
Sure had his "broken shoulder" taken care of quickly if he just did it today. Already working from home, eh?
Bull shit!
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)that the other asshole had
whistler162
(11,155 posts)hopefully not PPS but he has insurance unlike many others.
https://www.livescience.com/35861-polio-recurs-survivors-infantile-paralysis.html
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3zbmz/mitch-mcconnell-polio-refused-march-of-dimes-meeting-over-senate-health-bill
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Croney
(4,660 posts)RandySF
(58,807 posts)generalbetrayus
(507 posts)or in rubles?
snort
(2,334 posts)Take 1000mg and drop dead.
Pun intended.
and fentanyl patches for the breakthrough pain.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)not really, hope the pos traitor suffers.
Staff infection that leads to gangrene. It would be like planet Earth equaling things out.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)was sipping some of that fine Kentucky brew. Yeah, thoughts and prayers...
silverweb
(16,402 posts)He might have been a bit unsteady after overdoing it while trying to drown out the chants of "Moscow Mitch" echoing in his mind.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Most fractures of the scapula can be treated without surgery. Treatment involves immobilization with a sling or shoulder immobilizer, icing, and pain medications. The patient will be examined for additional injuries. About 10% to 20% of scapula fractures require surgery.
Maybe not hmmmmm...
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)CountAllVotes
(20,869 posts)They'll manage your pain properly.
Maybe you'll get lucky and receive an IV Tylenol drip.
jrthin
(4,836 posts)He's trying to avoid his constituents. In any event, thoughts and prayers.
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)I do not care. He will of course have the best medical care available.
Rebl2
(13,506 posts)No thoughts and prayers from me
marble falls
(57,081 posts)The Wizard
(12,545 posts)Satire alert
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)facing the public
Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)One in three adults aged 50 and over dies within 12 months of suffering a hip fracture. Older adults have a five-to-eight times higher risk of dying within the first three months of a hip fracture compared to those without a hip fracture. This increased risk of death remains for almost ten years.
I think he made it up, he can just wear a sling to cover for it if he needs to make an appearance and in the meantime hope the Moscow Mitch meme blows over.
LuvNewcastle
(16,845 posts)I don't care if he lives or dies; I just don't want him working anymore.
HoosierDebbie
(291 posts)No bulky casts or need to feign a limp. Just sling the non-dominant arm, so you can still "work", or obstruct anybody else's work.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)Pounding down the vodka and pissed over Moscow Mitch and people blaming HIM for a couple of deranged nuts! One more-whoops! This bottle is empty...Well,there's more in the liquor cabinet, I'll just stand up and WHOA......
oasis
(49,383 posts)Lot's of Kentucky Bourbon to forget the Moscow Mitch chants.
oasis
(49,383 posts)sheshe2
(83,758 posts)emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)an ischemic stroke too. Falling can be just the beginning of a decline. I wouldnt relish that in most
cases at all, but this is Moscow Mitch, and national security threats must be neutralized or contained, Beddy bye Mitch.
Thekaspervote
(32,767 posts)BHDem53
(1,061 posts)lefthandedskyhook
(964 posts)One can hope
bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)Kitchari
(2,166 posts)Of course
Arazi
(6,829 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)as far as his condition is concerned? - Screw him.
George II
(67,782 posts)...everyone back to act on HR8, is this a "convenient" injury?
FarPoint
(12,366 posts)missed his NECK!
Red Mountain
(1,733 posts)Anybody got a telephoto lens?
Bayard
(22,069 posts)You don't just fall and break a shoulder, unless you're already fragile. I think it has to be whacked pretty hard. I broke my scapula years ago when a horse fell on me and slammed me into a brick wall. It was unusual because it broke horizontally. Not much they can do for you, except pain pills.
I'd say he doesn't want to face any more crowds here, chanting--Moscow Mitch!!
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)they won't do surgery, just let the bone heal. But shoulders take a long time to heal.
kozar
(2,111 posts)Maybe he had a stroke? uhmmm look at this tape and listen to his slurred speech,,,,,all the things they said about Hillary, who ,as I recall,,DIDNT FALL OR BREAK ANYTHING!!
Koz
Progressive dog
(6,903 posts)from me. For sympathy he'll have to rely on his fellow conspirators.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I've heard of the Humerus, the Scapula, and the Clavicle ... all of which are in the general region there, but never knew there's a 'Shoulder' bone.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)... head bone connected to the butt bone.
LuvNewcastle
(16,845 posts)It doesn't say anything about a shoulder bone, so my guess is that we have cartilage up there, like a shark. I think the song must be true or they wouldn't teach it to children.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)... saying someone 'broke their shoulder' is a misnomer or euphemism.
It's going to be either a broken clavicle (collarbone) or scapula (shoulder blade) ... more likely the former.
Then of course you can tear various cartilage in the area like labrum and rotator cuff. But that's still not a 'broken shoulder'.
LuvNewcastle
(16,845 posts)They sell it at the grocery store. I see it for sale all the time. Are pigs the only animals with shoulders?
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I didn't say people don't have 'shoulders', I said there's no BONE called 'the shoulder bone'
You also cannot, strictly speaking 'fracture your knee' or 'fracture your elbow'.
You could break your knee CAP, however ...
LuvNewcastle
(16,845 posts)The leg bone's connected to the knee bone and the knee bone's connected to the thigh bone. Bet they sing that song in med school.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Through there are breaks in the humerus, ulna and radius.
But for some odd distinction lacking any real objective difference, I doubt anyone criticizes it as such.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)A shoulder is a joint, basically, like an elbow or knee.
While a broken 'arm' is also vague as you point out, I'd say it's less so than a 'shoulder' and also much more commonly used as a term.
It's not a big deal, but honestly I've never heard it said someone has a 'broken shoulder'. I'm sure it's 'said', but it's weird to me. Seems like you'd say 'Shoulder Blade' or 'Collarbone' or 'Arm' if it's the humerus, the other possible option.
Kitchari
(2,166 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)them bones gonna walk around
muriel_volestrangler
(101,315 posts)This body plan and particularly the odd location of the shoulder blades is so radically different to that of all other back-boned animals that biologists have struggled to explain how it could have arisen gradually from the standard model, or what the intermediate ancestors might have looked like. Enter Hiroshi Nagashima from the RIKEN Center; he has found some answers by studying how the embryos of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) shift from the standard body plan of other vertebrates to the bizarre configuration of adult turtles.
By comparing the embryos to those of mice and chickens, Nagashima showed that all three species start off with a shared pattern that their last common ancestor probably shared. It is only later that the turtle does something different, starting of a sequence of muscular origami that distorts its body design into the adult version.
...
The muscle plate in the lower half of the turtles body folds inwards along a line that runs down the turtles body. This line will eventually form the edge of the shell and its called the carapacial ridge. Meanwhile, the second pair of ribs (r2 in the image below) grows outwards and swing forwards over the shoulder blade (sc in the image below). A similar thing happens over the animals hips. These two crucial events the folding of the muscle plate and the growth of the second ribs bring the shoulder blade within the confines of the ribcage. Both steps are possible because the turtles ribs stop growing early on in its development and no one yet know why this happens.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2009/07/09/how-the-turtle-got-its-shell-through-skeletal-shifts-and-muscular-origami/
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Sounds like it's pretty damn difficult for a real Turtle to break it's shoulder, being as how it's inside that tough shell!
So he's an IMPOSTOR on top of all else!
Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)Guess the young-blood transfusions aren't working, huh.
Maybe it's time to swim out to sea.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Otherwise, I don't care.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)Big crybaby. He didn't get shot or anything else did he? Broken collar bone heals on it's own.
Kid Berwyn
(14,904 posts)Lots of 77 year old friends of Putin arent so lucky.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Vinca
(50,271 posts)Kitchari
(2,166 posts)To avoid his constituents
onecaliberal
(32,858 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)blugbox
(951 posts)+ internet to you!!
I did a nice, audible "HA!" with that one.
old guy
(3,283 posts)I do not believe it.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Astraea
(468 posts)Botany
(70,504 posts)It is not like he is digging ditches or cattle ranching
rwheeler31
(6,242 posts)much too dangerous, stay home and rest.
jb5150
(1,178 posts)Soviet scumbag.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)raccoon
(31,110 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)I have absolutely NO good wishes for this evil, treasonous piece of shit. I really hope he has complications and .....I'll quit there. I could go on and on....I hate this mf'er so much. He has done more to destroy our government than any foreign enemy could ever hope to accomplish.
Hope he continues to run...and gets his ass handed to him by the people of Kentucky. Wake the hell up, Kentucky. Sweet Jesus! You're killing this nation!
bluestarone
(16,940 posts)My money is on after.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Praying, that the injuries are much worse than reported.
Hoping that he suffers to a degree commensurate with his evil deeds.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)BigOleDummy
(2,270 posts)With most of the posters here or at least a majority. I do NOT believe this and think it's a ploy to stay hidden for awhile. I do think the "Moscow Mitch" taunts are getting to him too. Clearly he thought he could get away scot free from his treason and treasonous activities and now that he see's that that's not true it's getting to him. Good! WE need to keep the pressure on him as far as his Russian AND Chinese "interests" go.
If he DID in fact actually fracture something besides our Constitution then...
YAY!
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)and that "Moscow Mitch" is just the beginning.
He will be exposed for treason. All the financial dealings (with Russia AND China) will come to light. He now wants out.
This is the first step in heading for the exit door.
But he can STILL be prosecuted.
May he rot in jail.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)Chrisdutch
(70 posts)Well, it's a start.
MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)It's OBAMA'S fault!!!!!
Hotler
(11,421 posts)world wide wally
(21,743 posts)Rebl2
(13,506 posts)much of that Kentucky bourbon maybe? Surprised they let him go home. A fracture at his age is something I would think they would at least keep you overnight for. Could be blood clots form. Not sure I believe he actually fell through. I think hes hiding out.
trueblue2007
(17,218 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,256 posts)jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)fusk n (definite singular fusket, uncountable) trickery, cheating, fraud
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fusk
urban dictionary: Fusk: The sticky deposits found on ones lips after waking up in a morning after a long sleep. It is the mouths equivalent of 'sleep'.
Nye Ponimayu. tovarishch
Bot Bot from Boston
Lucky Luciano
(11,256 posts)SunSeeker
(51,554 posts)Maine-i-acs
(1,499 posts)it will probably be chopped up and sent to a detention facility soon
Crowman2009
(2,495 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Too bad. Here's my tots and prayers
gopiscrap
(23,760 posts)Marcuse
(7,480 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)Too many bloodys.
ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)But, *cough*
demmiblue
(36,851 posts)Meadowoak
(5,545 posts)quickesst
(6,280 posts).... the miserable piece of shit suffers. I would look at it as partial payback for the mental and physical suffering he has inflicted on millions because of his nazi-style politics.
zentrum
(9,865 posts).....until the day he dies, as a Senator. He's got the health care he won't allow the rest of us to have. We pay for it.
If the average citizen fell and broke a shoulder bone---it could be the beginning of an economic unraveling for them.
get the red out
(13,466 posts)had Elaine whack him with a Louisville Slugger so he would have a "legitimate" reason to not go back to Washington and face reality.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Unlike the MILLIONS he doesn't GIVE A SHIT about that have NONE,or BS insurance that this fracture would be mostly out of pocket money.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)SpankMe
(2,957 posts)Crowman2009
(2,495 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I think he's an asshole, and pray he'll be booted out in 2020.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)(if it's true)