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Reid Suffers Broken Ribs, Bones in Accident
AP via abc ^ | January 2, 2015

Posted on 01/02/2015 7:23:46 AM PST by don-o

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was hospitalized after suffering an injury while exercising in his Nevada home.

His office says Reid broke a number of ribs and bones in his face. The injury occurred when a piece of equipment Reid was using to exercise broke, causing the senator to fall.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: dingyharry; fallencantgetup; harryreid; harryreidaccident; mobassociated; nevada; reid
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41 posted on 01/02/2015 11:49:31 AM PST by freedomlover
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To: freedomlover

Wow! That’s why you’re supposed to clip the little safety key to your sleeve. If you fall, it keeps you from meeting the back wall.


42 posted on 01/02/2015 11:50:27 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Visualize whirled peas.)
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To: freedomlover

That one is killing me.


43 posted on 01/02/2015 11:51:15 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Visualize whirled peas.)
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To: MCH

I know how you worry. BUT.......a man of his age with multiple broken ribs can be serious. With the fracture come intense pain. Because the ribs must move with excursion of the chest wall there is never any complete letup of pain. But these patients splint the movement of the portion of the chest wall affected. This splinting results in atelectasis (small area of the lung ‘collapsing on itself’) which gives rise to pneumonia. And we all know that pneumonia in a person this age......well,.....it could degenerate to a very serious situation. Now, I do not mean to unnecessarily worry you, but this is the natural evolution of fractured ribs. Mr. Reid could......you know,......go downhill. We will all try not to worry.


44 posted on 01/02/2015 3:03:44 PM PST by Texas Songwriter ( Iwe)
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Your concern is noted. We’ll all try not to worry!

Judging from your name, could there be a song in there somewhere?


45 posted on 01/02/2015 3:59:37 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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