LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15, 2008
Nancy Reagan Breaks Pelvis, Hospitalized
Former First Lady, 87, Fell At Her Home Last Week; Doctors Say Surgery Not Required
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Play CBS Video Video Nancy Reagan Breaks Pelvis Former First Lady Nancy Reagan was admitted to the hospital with a broken pelvis. She is expected to fully recover in six to eight weeks. Manuel Gallegus reports.
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(AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
The 87-year-old former first lady fell last week but she decided Monday to get checked out at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center because of persistent pain, Joanne Drake said.
Doctors determined she had a fractured pelvis.
"She's in some pain but in very good spirits," Drake said.
Mrs. Reagan was undergoing physical therapy but surgery won't be required, Drake said. It was not known how long she'll be hospitalized.
Mrs. Reagan apparently got up in middle of the night and fell after twisting on her leg at her home in Bel-Air.
Mrs. Reagan was hospitalized three days in February after a similar fall at the hillside home she shared with President Reagan after their White House years. He died June 5, 2004, after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.
It was initially feared Mrs. Reagan broke her hip in that February fall, but tests determined there was no fracture.
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See all 21 CommentsIt is disheartening that the 1st lady should succumb to that which is felt mostly by the lower class, (including myself): pain. This may help ease the pain: "just say no - to pain".
p.s. Posted by goboblue at 05:10 PM: tis - tis, lol.
Posted by ChicagoRail7
And you are scum for even posting your hate drooling filth here. This story is about a good lady and woman and maybe you can learn some class instead of being a gutter maggot.
"FIRST LADY"
Posted by republic1776
She had incredible class and dignity. She made the word "Lady" and the phrase "Fist Lady" look good.
Get well soon Nancy.
Good point.
I had big time respect for Jackie o''
Ronald Regan was the greatest President since Lincoin.
Un-fortunately for Mrs. Reagan, it is USUALLY a fall and a broken pelvis (iliac crest portion) that starts the DOWNWARD SPIRAL toward death. At age 87, FIGURE IT OUT, PEOPLE. PRAY FOR HER.
God bless, and get well soon Mrs. Reagan
This is NOT good. Most elderly people start the "downward spiral" toward death beginning with a fall which fractures the pelvis. Most likely the iliac crest.
God Bless, and get well soon!
Where did you go to White House and First Lady training to gain this inside understanding of just who will and won''t fit in at the White House? Oh, wait, maybe it''s about WHITE house?? Shut your stupid ignorant pie hole you bigot.
Mrs. Reagan is a very classy women who worked hard and loved her husband dearly. I wish her a comfortable recovery. She is a woman who deserves respect. You don''''t have to admire her, agree with her or even like her but she is a mother and was a wife and daughter. Show some class if you can.
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Posted by VcofReason at 03:21 PM : Oct 15, 2008
AMEN ! Thanks.
and sistermay99, I agree 110%
Mrs. Reagan is a very classy women who worked hard and loved her husband dearly. I wish her a comfortable recovery. She is a woman who deserves respect. You don''t have to admire her, agree with her or even like her but she is a mother and was a wife and daughter. Show some class if you can.
Nancy will be fine.
Your husband should have said just that when someone asked him to run for president. He started the mess we''re in now with his ridiculous "trickle down" economic policies.
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