U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remained hospitalized Wednesday for treatment of a blood clot in her head, as daughter Chelsea tweeted from her bedside. After being photographed looking visibly distraught outside the hospital, Chelsea wrote that she was grateful to be starting the new year with her family. “Wishing all a healthy & happy 2013,” Chelsea, 32, wrote. “Grateful to be starting the new year with my family.” Former President Bill Clinton has been spotted driving to and from his wife’s side at New York-Presbyterian Hospital for much of the past 48 hours. Hillary is being treated with blood thinners to help dissolve the clot, which is located in a vein behind her right ear that helps carry blood away from the brain. In a statement yesterday, doctors assured it was not a life-threatening condition and assured that Clinton had suffered no brain damage or stroke. “In all aspects of her recovery, the Secretary is making excellent progress and we are confident she will make a full recovery,” Drs. Lisa Bardack and Gigi El-Bayoumi said. A clot occurs when a blockage builds up, either from partial thrombus (coagulated blood) or an outside compression. When the vein becomes blocked, the coagulated blood may extend to veins draining the area, which could lead to a lack of oxygen and tissue death. For Clinton, ‘the particular vein they’re talking about, there are enough other areas for the blood to travel through so it doesn’t build up in the brain,’ Dr Sanjay Gupta said on CNN. The condition can be treated with blood thinners administered over several months until the clot breaks down. Doctors are keeping her under their watchful eye as they adjust the dose of her anti-clotting medication. Chelsea, who was spotted leaving the hospital Monday by the New York Daily News, was the first member of the Clinton family to be seen publicly at the hospital. Chelsea, 32, a special correspondent for NBC News, looked upset as she left the hospital – cell phone in hand. She ignored questions from a reporter and went back inside. Aides and doctors say Clinton contracted a stomach virus in early December and became dehydrated, then fainted, fell and hit her head on December 9. She was diagnosed with a concussion on December 13 and hasn’t been seen in public since.
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Chelsea Clinton Tweets From Mother’s Bedside; Doctors Insist Hillary Did Not Suffer Stroke
