Sen. Robert C. Byrd was hospitalized Monday night at his doctor's urging after suffering from lethargy and sluggishness at the Capitol and, later, at his home, a spokesman for the 90-year-old Democrat said. Press secretary Jesse L. Jacobs said the West Virginia senator would be in the hospital overnight for observation.
Byrd, who is the longest-serving senator in history, voted during a 5:30 p.m. roll call Monday, then went home. Jacobs said the senator began to feel ill less than an hour later. He was found to have a fever, and at his doctor's request he was taken to a nearby hospital. Jacobs added that he didn't know which hospital Byrd was taken to.
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Byrd was hospitalized March 5 for tests after a reaction to antibiotics. A week earlier he was hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a fall at home.
| That's what usually happens. You fall, break the old hip, into the nursing home, and a year later you're dead. |
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