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Spokesman says Sen. Robert C. Byrd hospitalized
Sen. Robert C. Byrd was hospitalized Monday night at his doctor's urging after suffering from lethargy and sluggishness at the Capitol and, later, at his home, a spokesman for the 90-year-old Democrat said. Press secretary Jesse L. Jacobs said the West Virginia senator would be in the hospital overnight for observation.

Byrd, who is the longest-serving senator in history, voted during a 5:30 p.m. roll call Monday, then went home. Jacobs said the senator began to feel ill less than an hour later. He was found to have a fever, and at his doctor's request he was taken to a nearby hospital. Jacobs added that he didn't know which hospital Byrd was taken to.
"It wuz a big one, though!"
Byrd was hospitalized March 5 for tests after a reaction to antibiotics. A week earlier he was hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a fall at home.
That's what usually happens. You fall, break the old hip, into the nursing home, and a year later you're dead.

Posted by: Fred 2008-06-03
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