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drray23

(7,637 posts)
1. She is OK. Gallbladder issue.
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:02 PM
May 2020

she will be out in a day or two. She is teleconferencing tomorrow for the oral arguments of the Supreme Court.

applegrove

(118,802 posts)
3. My dad was in the hospital for a gallbladder issue. They said after meds he would be out
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:05 PM
May 2020

in a few days. He suffered that first night but was soon doing much better. And it has not reoccurred in 1.5 years later. Vibes to the notorious RBG.

Ms. Toad

(34,093 posts)
2. It's a (generally) easily treatable condition.
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:04 PM
May 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent non-surgical treatment for acute cholecystitis, a benign gallbladder condition, this afternoon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Following oral arguments on Monday, the Justice underwent outpatient tests at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., that confirmed she was suffering from a gallstone that had migrated to her cystic duct, blocking it and causing an infection.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/05/supreme-court-says-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-with-infection.html

IV fluids and antibiotics - generally.

I just hope she doesn't get COVID 19 while she is there.

ETA: If the worst happens, we're darn close to the time Scalia died 4 years ago . . . what's good for the goose, and all that.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
5. After the election, when we hold the House, take the Senate, and take the WH..
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:09 PM
May 2020

....we are going to add SC justices, add statehood for PR and DC, and find a way to declare the 2016 election illegitimate so Mitch's unqualified judges can be dumped.

Aren't we?

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
15. No. Maybe statehood for Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia,
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:55 PM
May 2020

but adding judges won't happen nor can an election be declared illegitimate nor can judges just be taken off the job. That's the kind of thing third world dictators do.

JHB

(37,162 posts)
8. Irony has nothing to do with it. It was just a BS excuse...
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:16 PM
May 2020

...and if he gets a chance to put another RW operative on the SC, he'll just shrug, give that sickly smile of his, and and put one on.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
10. And she is not missing a single session.
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:23 PM
May 2020

She had a session, got treated and will have a session from hospital before being discharged. The woman is a BOSS.

Also, she’d better the hell be in a decontaminated isolation chamber bathed in UV light and serviced by robots.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
11. Don't worry Ruth has got this
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:24 PM
May 2020

She's strong for us. And we have her back whenever we can. Stay strong Ruth!

jcgoldie

(11,647 posts)
12. everytime I read a headline about Justice Ginsburg being hospitalized...
Tue May 5, 2020, 09:27 PM
May 2020

... i just am obsessed with tying bricks to my feet and going to jump in the lake

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