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Recently Ailing

Beloved Supreme Court justice. fashion icon, and the woman I believe to be my birth mother, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was hospitalized this afternoon. The 76-year-old Ginsburg, who has been in poor health since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year, fell ill after receiving intravenous iron therapy. A statement from the court was issued: "U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was taken to the Washington Hospital Center this evening after feeling ill in her Chambers earlier in the day. The Justice felt ill at 4:50 p.m., about an hour after an iron sucrose infusion to treat an iron deficiency anemia that was administered at the Office of the Attending Physician... (Later,) she felt faint, developed light headedness and fatigue. Medical assistance was summoned from the Office of the Attending Physician and medical evaluation disclosed a slightly low blood pressure which can occur following this treatment. Fluids were administered and her symptoms improved, but she was taken as a precaution for evaluation at the Washington Hospital Center at approximately 7:45 p.m." Get well soon, Mommy. I'm praying for you! (via the Washington Post)



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