Nancy Reagan Breaks Pelvis, Hospitalized

Former First Lady, 87, Fell At Her Home Last Week; Doctors Say Surgery Not Required

(AP)  Nancy Reagan was hospitalized with a broken pelvis after a fall at home, her spokeswoman said Wednesday.

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.

[babooph]

She broke ours for years -about time she broke her own.

[flagship-usa]

I wish The (x) 1st lady, and widow; a swift recovery, and a quick return to private life.

It 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.

[sfden]

Reagan best prez since Lincoln? Shouldn''t it be a tie, them being the same age and all?

[latrocinor-2009]

worst President we ever had - until Bush II.
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.

[latrocinor-2009]

Ooops, sorry Jackie..

"FIRST LADY"

[latrocinor-2009]

I had big time respect for Jackie o''''
Posted by republic1776

She had incredible class and dignity. She made the word "Lady" and the phrase "Fist Lady" look good.

[latrocinor-2009]

I am saddened by this.

Get well soon Nancy.

[republic1776]

TRMarine79,
Good point.
I had big time respect for Jackie o''

[trmarine79]

I''m a Democrat and hope Mrs. Regan gets well soon. This shouldn''t be a political party thing. People, have respect.

[republic1776]

Best Wishes to Nancy.
Ronald Regan was the greatest President since Lincoin.

[goboblue]

Oh Boy!
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

[goboblue]

Oh BOY!

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!

[u2playnice]

I think of Nancy in the white house then think of Michelle Obama beside her and I just get sick. Michelle will never fit well in the white house. Posted by sistermay99

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.

[koko98-2009]

Two days before going to the hospital? Nancy, you''re a gamer, my hopes and prayers are with you.

[hambonehd]

Such pitiful, shameful people and their nasty comments. I guess they are lacking somewhere in their lives, obviously.

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%

[vcofreason]

Such pitiful, shameful people and their nasty comments. I guess they are lacking somewhere in their lives, obviously.

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.

[newsjunky5]

OK there''s a dirty joke about her and Schwarzenegger here but I''m not going to tell it. Maybe she can get medical marijuana for the pain.

[blackyowe]

Looks like everything Republican is broken! OUCH!

[creeper00]

I''m sixty-two years old. I fell in April and fractured my pelvis. It took all of three weeks to heal. I wasn''t even hospitalized.

Nancy will be fine.

[shoebox119]

Just say no, Nancy!

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.