Not First Health Crisis For Kennedy
- Original CBS 5 article: Not First Health Crisis For Kennedy
Senator Ted Kennedy's hospitalization Saturday for a seizure is not the 76-year-old senator's first health scare.
In October, the senior Senator from Massachusetts had surgery to repair a nearly complete blockage in one of his carotid arteries - a major artery that supplies blood to the brain.
The blockage was discovered during a routine examination of a decades-old back injury. Doctors said at the time that Senator Kennedy's left carotid artery had, "a very high-grade blockage."
An hour-long procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital to clear the artery was deemed a success by doctors. He returned to work just a couple weeks later, with doctors describing Kennedy's overall health as "excellent."
According to doctor accounts after that surgery, Kennedy takes blood-pressure and cholesterol medication
Senator Ted Kennedy is plagued by chronic back pain, ever since a 1964 plane crash that killed a pilot and one of Kennedy's aides. Along with the back injury, he suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs and internal bleeding in that crash.
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