WP: Rehnquist Has Brief Hospital Stay (he's been released from hosp.)

[DeepModem Mom]

Rehnquist Has Brief Hospital Stay
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 5, 2005; Page A04


Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was taken to Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington yesterday after developing a fever, marking the second emergency visit in the past month by the jurist, who has cancer. Rehnquist, 80, who vowed just three weeks ago to keep working "as my health permits," was admitted for "evaluation" and allowed to go home, according to Supreme Court spokesman Ed Turner.

Court officials declined to provide further details. Rehnquist has been undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer since November. He spent two nights at the same hospital last month, also after developing a fever....

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Rehnquist has long guarded his privacy, and has declined to reveal details about his illness. It was diagnosed in October and resulted in radiation and chemotherapy treatment in November.

Doctors not connected to his case have said that fever-producing infections are common in patients who, like the justice, have a surgical opening in their throat to permit breathing. The opening increases the risk of infection in the lungs, bronchial tubes and trachea....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080401525.html

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. He's Running On Fumes

All this talk about how common this is, and how everything is going just swell....makes me think the opposite is true. I don't believe much I hear coming out of Washington anymore.

[Broken_Hero]

2. Ack...

Stay healthy old boy, we can't let GWB get another supreme court justice...stay the course old timer...:)

[seriousstan]

3. This is going to turn into another Pope moment.

Why don't people realize when your health gets in the way of you doing your job. This is the equivalent of the old driver who has never been in an accident but has seen plenty in the back window.

[bunny planet]

4. I have before prayed so hard for an old white rascist to stay alive,

but in this case, I'll make an exception.