Posted: Saturday, 17 May 2008 2:38PM
UPDATE:Sen. Ted Kennedy Had Seizure
Associated Press Reporting
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BOSTON (AP) __ Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was airlifted to a hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure at his home, and did not appear to have had a stroke as initially suspected, his spokeswoman said. The 76-year-old Democrat, the lone surviving son in a famed political family, was undergoing tests at Massachusetts General Hospital to determine the cause of the seizure, spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said. ``Senator Kennedy is resting comfortably, and it is unlikely we will know anything more for the next 48 hours,'' she said. Kennedy's wife, Victoria, was with him at the hospital, Cutter said. Kennedy went to Cape Cod Hospital on Saturday morning ``after feeling ill at his home,'' Cutter said. After discussion with his doctors in Boston, Kennedy was taken to Massachusetts General. An official who declined to be identified by name, citing the sensitivity of the events, had earlier said that Kennedy had stroke-like symptoms. The hospital declined to comment on his condition. In October, Kennedy had surgery to repair a nearly complete blockage in a major neck artery. |
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