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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Schwarzenegger fractures leg on ski trip -- will need surgery
2006-12-24
Just give him a dagger and a jug of mead - he'll take care of it like DeNiro did in Ronin.
SUN VALLEY, IDAHO - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was briefly hospitalized Saturday after suffering a leg fracture that will require surgery. The injury occurred while he was skiing on a family holiday in Sun Valley, Idaho, the governor's office said Saturday night.

Adam Mendelsohn, Schwarzenegger's deputy chief of staff for communications, issued a statement saying that the governor suffered a fracture to his right femur, the thigh bone.

"After the accident, the governor was taken to a local hospital for X-rays and was soon discharged,'' Mendelsohn said in his statement. "He is currently at his home in Sun Valley, Idaho, with his family. When the governor returns to Los Angeles from his scheduled Christmas trip, he will have surgery to repair his femur. No one else was involved in the skiing accident."

More details regarding the incident, including whom the governor was skiing with and whether the injury took place on or off trails, were unavailable Saturday night. He did not require a cast.
Was he with that "hot" Latino chick? Oh, wait - it was a family thingy. Nevermind, lol.
The thigh injury was not considered serious, and Schwarzenegger will return to work as planned after Christmas to work with legislators on a number of pressing issues -- including health care -- before his State of the State address, his staff said.
Walk it off, Gov. Rub some dirt on it.
This isn't the first time the California governor's active lifestyle has resulted in minor injuries and even hospitalizations that have made headlines.

Nearly a year ago, the California governor needed 15 stitches to repair a cut lip after another driver backed into the street as he was riding his Harley-Davidson in Los Angeles with his son, Patrick, then 12.
Banged up a Harley? Driver shoulda got the Death Penalty.
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#4  Some governor. That's what he gets for leaving the state to go skiing. What's the matter with Squaw Valley or Bear Mountain?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-12-24 10:46  

#3  
suffered a fracture to his right femur. After the accident, the governor was taken to a local hospital for X-rays and was soon discharged.
Must've been a hairline fracture; the femur fractures I've seen don't get discharged from the hospital in a couple of hours, and did require a cast, and couldn't wait until after vacation to get fixed.

This is weird. Maybe Dr. Steve has thoughts...?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-12-24 10:38  

#2  I hope the x-rays didn't muck up any of his circuitry.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-12-24 07:01  

#1  suffered a fracture to his right femur, After the accident, the governor was taken to a local hospital for X-rays and was soon discharged..lol

Teddy waz mad 'cause he wanted to visit Arnold in the hospital and grope the nurses.
Posted by: RD   2006-12-24 04:41  

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