Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: California Governor Continues to Work Despite Injury
n this photo provided by the Press Office of Governor Schwarzenegger, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signs an order creating the Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission in his hospital room in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 28 2006. Schwarzenegger is recovering from leg surgery that followed a skiing accident in Idaho.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger’s staff, eager to show the governor hasn’t been incapacitated by his surgery to repair a femur fractured on the slopes, have issued a statement from the governor and a few “action” photos of him working from his hospital bed.
Today I woke up feeling great and I am back at work. From the hospital I am preparing for my State of the State address, meeting with members of my staff and working on the state budget. I am also looking forward to my inauguration to a second term as your Governor – even if it means I have to walk into my swearing-in ceremony on crutches. Over the past few days I have received so many phone calls and notes wishing me a speedy recovery. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
A list of the Governor’s ailments over the years is here.
AP: Schwarzenegger: Broken but unbowed
The seven-time Mr. Olympia whose broad shoulders and tree-trunk legs earned him the moniker “the Austrian Oak” has a medical chart you might find at a senior citizens’ home.
Schwarzenegger, who turns 60 in July, has had a hip and a heart valve replaced. He had rotator cuff surgery in 2003. A rapid heartbeat sent him to a hospital last year. One motorcycle crash in 2001 left him with several broken ribs, and another last January resulted in 15 stitches in his lip.
Now he is on crutches while the right thigh bone he broke while skiing with his family over the holidays in Sun Valley, Idaho, heals. Doctors used screws and wires to repair his leg Tuesday, and he is expected to be released from the hospital by week’s end.
As I mentioned previously, I had the opportunity to fill in for a dentist earlier this year who had a similar injury – his was from roller blades.
Pain is a factor in and out of the hospital. This is not a fun injury.
The dentist was fairly bed-ridden for three weeks or so and dependent on pain meds. After a few weeks the dentist was able to right himself and walk with crutches. Full healing and mobility came weeks later.
It is commendable that the Governor continues to work. However, he does not have to push himself and re-injury that leg. He should be very careful when he is inaugurated that he not place any pressure on it.
Appearances mean little. Everyone has ski injuries, including Governators.
Governor – take it easy and rest.
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