Staff: Senator hospitalized with stroke-like symptoms Update:

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Should Johnson not be able to complete his term, which ends in 2008, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds, a Republican, could appoint his replacement, which could shift the balance of power in the Senate.

South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson said the appointment would fill the vacancy until a general election could be held in November 2008. There are no restrictions on who the governor can appoint, beyond meeting the legal requirements for Senate membership, he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/13/johnson.stroke/index.html

 

[Boomyal]

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Certainly do not wish any ill to my fellow man but we can only hope that Providence provides what half of the deluded citizenry could not.

 

[crunch]

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God is a Republican, you only have look at nature to see that. 8)

 

[Link]

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Best wishes to him and family

 

[crunch]

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Best wishes to him, his family, and the United States... all wishes might not be congruous.

 

[Boomyal]

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Best wishes to him, his family, and the United States... all wishes might not be congruous.

8)8). Is that statement similar to "I voted for it before I voted against it?

 

[bekosh]

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So, how long before some liberal says it's all Bush's fault?

 

[WillyBWright]

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Maybe I'm getting a little ahead of the situation, but is it fair that a Republican Governor can reverse the will of the citizery by appointing a Republican replacement? Were the shoe on the other foot, methinks you Righties would cry Foul! Methinks the Governor also does so at his own political peril.

Best wishes for the Senator and his family. Godspeed!

 

[txswinner]

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If one of the dems on here had proposed such wishes of ill will against an ill rep. there would have been outrage by the very persons alluding to such for this Senator. Shame on you one and all. To wish ill on someone you do not even know is pretty sick indeed.

 

[crunch]

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If one of the dems on here had proposed such wishes of ill will against an ill rep. there would have been outrage by the very persons alluding to such for this Senator. Shame on you one and all. To wish ill on someone you do not even know is pretty sick indeed.

Uhhhhhh, wanna point to that "ill will"?

 

[PierBridge]

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He doesn't have to point out ill will your mindsets speak volumes......

 

[crunch]

Re: Staff: Senator hospitalized with stroke-like symptoms Update:

Sen. Tim Johnson turned 60 on Thursday, two weeks after emergency surgery to repair a brain hemorrhage that has left him in critical condition.
Julianne Fisher, a spokeswoman for the South Dakota Democrat, said Johnson won't be present in the first days of the new Congress next week but is continuing to improve. She said he is responsive to directions from his wife but has not yet spoken.

It's too early to tell how long recovery will take, Fisher said.

In a statement Thursday, Johnson's doctors said he remains in intensive care at George Washington University Hospital. They have released few new details about Johnson's condition and prognosis since the days after the Dec. 13 surgery to stop bleeding in his brain.

Dr. Vivek Deshmukh, head of Johnson's surgical team, said in a statement that the South Dakota senator's overall condition has improved and he is gradually being weaned off sedation to help his brain heal.

Dr. Keith Siller, director of the Comprehensive Stroke Care Center at NYU Medical Center and assistant professor at the NYU School of Medicine, said it is unusual for a patient to be sedated after brain surgery for more than a few days.

"The two-week period is longer than I would be happy with," he said.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/28/D8MA4LPO0.html

 

[WillyBWright]

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"The two-week period is longer than I would be happy with," he said.

Not great news, but too early to be bad news. He's improving.

My son was in a drug-induced coma to treat a bad asthma attack a few years ago. We were hoping for three days, took ten. His muscles really suffered and it took 3 weeks of recovery, but he was back to normal in a few months. Granted Asthma isn't brain surgery. My point leans more toward the body's reaction to being basically dormant for days to weeks at a time. And it's ability to recover.

Godspeed Sen. Nelson.

 

[crunch]

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Godspeed Sen. Nelson.

Amen.

The biggest problem with long term Hospitalization of this type is not the drugs or even the original problem... it's the secondary infections that almost always creep in, Pneumonia being the most common and Staff infections right on it's bumper.... funny thing about Hospitals, sick people go there and spread bacteria... often exotic types of drug resistant strains.

The only way you could get me in a Hospital is to drag my unconscious body there, and Doctors aren’t much better.... I should know, my Wife is an RN.