Jan 20, 2009

Ted Kennedy has seizure at inaugural lunch

Sen. Edward Kennedy (pictured) collapsed Tuesday afternoon during a luncheon for President Barack Obama in the Capitol's Statuary Hall.


Kennedy, who appeared to be suffering from a seizure, was transported to a hospital.

"Sen. Kennedy had a seizure" which "lasted a while," a Republican House member told CNN.

The member said Kennedy was still experiencing seizures when he was put in a wheelchair and taken out through the Rayburn room, located to the side of Statuary Hall.

Kennedy suffered a seizure in May 2008, while walking his dogs at his home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.

Three days later, Kennedy's doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said the preliminary results from a brain biopsy showed a tumor in the left parietal lobe, which was responsible for the seizure.

In June 2008, Kennedy underwent a 3½-hour operation at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, to remove a malignant tumor from his brain. Surgeons had reported that the surgery was a success and that Kennedy should suffer no permanent damage from the procedure.

Kennedy, sometimes referred to as the “old lion” of the Senate is a staunch supporter of Barack Obama who shares the Senator’s socialist views.

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