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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:36 PM
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Update on Reid's wife: Apparently her neck was broken but it's not
life threatening.

Reid's wife and daughter sent to hospital after car accident
Updated 5:22 p.m.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were taken to a Washington-area hospital for treatment Thursday after a car accident, his office said.

Landra, Reid's wife, broke her neck in the crash and sustained other injuries, but a spokesman said her life was not in danger.

"Today Senator Reid's wife, Landra, and daughter, Lana, were involved in an accident in which their vehicle was rear-ended. They are both being treated at a Washington-area hospital," Reid spokesman Jon Summers said in a statement.

Reid is with them at the hospital, aides said.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/reids-wife-and-daughter-sent-t.html
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:38 PM
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1. Ouch... Damn, I sure hope she doesn't become quadriplegic..
What an awful thing.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:38 PM
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2. Her neck was broken ??

I thought that was a real critical situation - I pray not.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:53 PM
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22. Depends on which bones. And I suppose she is in her 70's
so that would add to the injury.
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:38 PM
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3. Good God! Sounds pretty serious to me...
:wow:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:39 PM
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:40 PM
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7. Now what the hell does that mean?
Never mind. I don't want to know.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:42 PM
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11. Not appropriate. nt
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:48 PM
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14. Very insensitive and callous. Feel better now? nt
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:51 PM
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17. Hey, how classy of you.
I'm sure you wish she wasn't.
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Ms. Toad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:55 PM
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25. As soon as I saw the subject line
I figured there would be at least one post along these lines.
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tallahasseedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:55 PM
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26. Fail.
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:39 PM
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5. Not good at any age, but as they celebrated their 50th anniversary last year. . .
I wish her a speedy, uncomplicated recovery.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:39 PM
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6. I'm no doctor, but I think you can break your neck without serious injury
to your spinal cord...I hope so...good vibes their way.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:42 PM
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9. Yes, that is correct.
You can break the bones, but as long as the nerves are intact, serious injury can be avoided.

Good vibes to them, indeed.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:55 PM
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24. Thanks...when people hear broken neck the thought is immediately
the worse...hope that's not the case here.

:hi:
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:50 PM
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16. I broke C-7 which is the lowest cervical vertebrum
12 years ago and blew it off because my back didn't hurt that much worse than usual. I managed to work another 6 years as an RN with it and I still haven't been able to get it fixed, no insurance. My handwriting got a little worse but there have been no other aftereffects beyond feeling it a little more in wet weather.

Just don't expect me to do any headstands.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:54 PM
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23. No! Do a headstand now!
Great thing is you can say you are doing one now and we'd never know for sure!

:hi:
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:42 PM
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8. I hope all will be well
Glad it wasn't worse.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:42 PM
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10. It's not being reported on CNN's piece, just on WaPo that I can tell. We have to
remember that they always say the first stories that appear often are incorrect. I hope that's the case here. :(
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:47 PM
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12. That's one hell of a rear end accident
and I just wonder what the background of the jerk who slammed into them is.

So far, there's nothing about the accident itself, including the condition of whoever crashed into them, his name, or any other information.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:47 PM
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13. That's still pretty serious especially for an elderly women.
It's good it's not life threatening and her prognosis is good, but it's still very serious. I wish her well.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:49 PM
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15. Must be serious
at her age. Good vibes.
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inna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:51 PM
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18. OMG, how awful. "Breaking one's neck" sounds absolutelly terrible,

I hope she won't be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life!!
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:52 PM
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19. That happened to my stepfather, sitting at a light, got rear ended by a Concrete Truck
No kidding, a loaded Concrete Truck rear ended him. The truck had lost its brakes and was going about 30 when he hit the full sized Chevy my stepfather was sitting in. His neck was broken too. He ended up OK though, and in fact never even had neck trouble afterwards.

I hope Harry's wife does as well.
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DFab420 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:52 PM
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20. Prayers and Thoughts
Edited on Thu Mar-11-10 06:07 PM by DFab420
are with Reid and his family. Moments like this it's better to be human then political.

Hope the wife and daughter a speedy recovery .
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 06:05 PM
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27. Well put -- better to be human (and humane!) than political. nt
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DFab420 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 05:52 PM
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21. Damn dbl posts! self delete n/t
Edited on Thu Mar-11-10 05:53 PM by DFab420
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PHIMG Donating Member (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 06:08 PM
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28. Dumb luck? Or a signal?
How would you like to be the Senate Parliamentarian having just heard this news?
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 06:12 PM
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29. I hope she recovers. A broken neck is a very serious injury
but it can heal. Sending good vibes to the Reids.
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loudsue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 06:32 PM
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30. I wonder WHO rear-ended them, and if they were paid to do so.
It's just too convenient that so many Dems have accidents. People will jump through a lot of hoops to keep their families safe.
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thecrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 06:35 PM
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31. OMG I was minutes from taking I-95 today at that time.
For some reason I drive up Fairfax County Parkway instead. I would have missed my interview!

I wish Landra and Lana all the best, and hope they recover quickly.
It sounds like Mrs Reid will be in recovery for months. Poor thing!!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 06:37 PM
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32. Sawyer just said that his wife broke both her neck
and back but while the accident is serious both the wife and daughter can feel their extremities.
This was a bad accident. I wish them good vibes.
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