The Washington Post reports that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital yesterday when she got sick after being treated for an iron deficiency.
Ginsburg, 76, "developed light headedness and fatigue" in her chambers about an hour after receiving an iron sucrose infusion, according to a statement from the court. A court physician determined that Ginsburg's blood pressure was slightly low and administered fluids. Ginsburg's symptoms improved, the court said, but the justice was taken to the hospital as a precaution at 7:45 p.m. She was expected to remain there overnight Thursday.
Justice Ginsburg battled pancreatic cancer earlier this year. Please send good thoughts her way.
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I am showing my age here, but I remember being in middle school when her appointment was announced. Even at 12 1/2 I was interested in politics.
I shall hold her in the light today.
Get well soon Justice Ginsburg!!!
I saw this on CNN.com last night and was sooo worried. It doesn't sound serious but you never know.
I hope Justice Ginsberg gets better. Why are so many people suffering from cancer now?
Because doctors have become better at detecting it.
In the past, a lot of cancer-related deaths were attributed to "natural causes".
Pancreatic cancer is pretty hard to beat though. One of the deadliest kinds, unless she suffers from the rare kind of pancreatic cancer that doesn't affect the pancreas head.
Because doctors have become better at detecting it.
In the past, a lot of cancer-related deaths were attributed to "natural causes".
Pancreatic cancer is pretty hard to beat though. One of the deadliest kinds, unless she suffers from the rare kind of pancreatic cancer that doesn't affect the pancreas head.