Oh wow, prayers.
Attorney general collapses
By MIKE ALLEN | 11/20/08 10:22 PM EST Text Size:
Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed Thursday night while giving a speech to the Federalist Society in Washington, according to three senior administration officials.
Details about Mukasey’s condition were not immediately available.
Audience members said they began praying, fearing a stroke.
Mukasey is a former federal prosecutor from New York City who succeeded former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
At 10:30 p.m. Eastern, medical officials were still working on him on the stage, administration witnesses said.
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Oh dear.
Praying...
WTH is going on in WA, with all these folks that have had serious medical issues lately?
Just read this link and the first thought I had was that it could be a stroke unless he locked his knees while standing at the podium. The article says he was having some slurred speech and that is a typical sign for stroke.
My husband had a tiny TIA last Feb. IT was the type which is related to hypertension. The doctors are stumped as to why he would have had this as he was on meds to prevent it. His symptoms were not the usual. He did not have the slurred speech or face droop or eye lid droop. When he got up to answer the door his foot felt odd. He has nueuropathy in his feet so we didn’t think much of it. In the morning he could not walk very well and his speech then was more like he had been to the dentist and had a face full of novocaine. So off to the ER we went and two days and a gazillion tests later it was shown he had had a tiny stroke.