Neurologist: Chief Justice May Be Diagnosed with Epilepsy (with Video)
Filed by David Edwards and Nick Juliano
Roberts suffered a benign idiopathic seizure, meaning it does not have a known cause, such as an infection or head injury, Wright said. After being hospitalized overnight after a seizure, Roberts is expected to be released Tuesday from a Rockport, Maine, hospital, a hospital spokesman told reporters.
President Bush called Roberts Tuesday morning, according to White House press secretary Tony Snow.
"The chief justice assured him that he was doing fine," Snow said. "The president was reassured."
According to a local media report, ambulance crews responded "to a call at about 2 p.m. Monday of a man who had fallen 5 to 10 feet and landed on a dock, hitting the back of his head. The patient was ashen and was foaming at the mouth."
"It is difficult to say whether he'll be diagnosed with epilepsy," Wright said. "But now we know that he has had another seizure, so perhaps he will go on to be diagnosed with epilepsy."
"By definition, someone who has had more than one seizure without any other cause is determined to have epilepsy," Dr. Marc Schlosberg, a Washington Hospital Center neurologist who is not involved in the Roberts case told AP.
Roberts spent Monday night in the hospital in after falling five to 10 feet and falling on a dock on Hupper Island, Maine, where Roberts has a summer home. News reports indicate the seizure did not cause Roberts to lose consciousness.
The following video is from CNN's American Morning, broadcast on July 31. http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Neurologist_Chief_Justice_may_be_diagnosed_0731.html