Reid says he has temporarily lost vision in right eye
Source: Las Vegas Sun
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid has temporarily lost vision in his right eye and is under doctors orders to stay home after a New Years Day exercise accident in which he broke several ribs and bones in his face.
In an interview today on KNPR radio, his first since the accident, Reid said he could miss attending the next week of Congress. Reid worked from home this week.
... His right eye is filled with blood and doctors are monitoring the situation, he said. He can take 25-minute walks, but he tries to avoid reading emails and exercise is out of the question, he said.
Tests at University Medical Center in Las Vegas found no bleeding in the brain or any other internal bleeding, spokesman Adam Jentleson said.
Read more: http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jan/09/reid-says-he-has-temporarily-lost-vision-right-eye/
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)I wish him a speedy recovery.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)niyad
(113,526 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)herding cats
(19,566 posts)I hope the situation resolves itself and he gets his full vision back!
csziggy
(34,137 posts)I lost sight temporarily in my right eye after getting smacked on the eye ridge by a horse. It cracked the orbital ridge and gave me a spectacular black eye that extended halfway down my face. The bleeding into the eye socket put pressure on the optical nerve making me blind in that eye for a couple of weeks. There was no lasting damage and the vision in that eye is no worse than it ever was.
Hopefully, that is all that has happened to Senator Reid and his eye - and the rest of his body - will recover shortly.
nomorenomore08
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(205,839 posts)Oh, wait! The video is available at the link:
tblue
(16,350 posts)We need another Dem leader in the Senate, but I don't wish anything bad on Harry. Hope he heals completely and quickly. Sending him healing vibes.