The break is severe enough to require surgery:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke his leg on Saturday while skiing with his family in Sun Valley, Idaho, the governor's office said.
The 59-year-old former movie star broke the femur bone in his right leg and was taken to a local hospital for X-rays and later discharged, Adam Mendelsohn, the governor's deputy chief of staff for communications, said in a statement."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," Mendelsohn's statement said.
Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Julie Soderlund said she did not know how the governor hurt his leg. She said he was skiing at the time with family members who were not identified.
Schwarzenegger is in Idaho with his wife, Maria Shriver, and their four children, Soderlund said.
"The governor's doing great, and he's looking forward to spending the Christmas holiday with his family," Soderlund said by telephone on Saturday night.
I wonder if he was on the ski trail named after him when he was hurt.
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This story is a little biza... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Giacomo | December 24, 2006 7:51 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This story is a little bizarre. Ordinarily anyone who breaks their femur is admitted to the hospital, not discharged, or is transferred to a more equipped medical center, hospital to hospital. The patient has surgery expediently, not at the end of a long vacation when it's more convenient.
It's either a very unusual femur fracture, or it's not the femur that's broken. Fibula, perhaps?
1. Posted by Giacomo | December 24, 2006 7:51 AM |
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2. Posted by Imhotep | December 24, 2006 9:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Giacomo is correct; you can't be released from a hospital with a Femur fracture.
I know there's an Orthopod or 2 reading this board and I'm sure they would agree.
I call BS on this story and hope someone gets it right, without violating the Governator's HIPPA rights and all.
2. Posted by Imhotep | December 24, 2006 9:27 AM |
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3. Posted by epador | December 24, 2006 9:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Most common skiing breaks are below the knee, but we sure can't challenge the media on the accuracy of their reporting, can we?
Ditto G and I.
3. Posted by epador | December 24, 2006 9:50 AM |
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4. Posted by epador | December 24, 2006 9:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Says a little about one State's Governor going out of state and abandoning his State's "troubled" ski areas for a vacation, doesn't it?
Or more likely, his government-sponsored managed care health insurance wouldn't approve out of state surgery, and the gov is still waiting for the ambulance voucher to come through so he can be transported back to California for treatment.
4. Posted by epador | December 24, 2006 9:54 AM |
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5. Posted by Old Coot | December 24, 2006 10:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I share epador's concern about the accuracy of media reports in this matter. I'm awaiting AP's version myself. Perhaps they've sent Captain Jamil Hussein to California to cover this story; something that would explain why he can't be found in Iraq.
5. Posted by Old Coot | December 24, 2006 10:26 AM |
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6. Posted by Faith+1 | December 24, 2006 10:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's ok. "He'll be back."
Ok, sorry, I know, I know....but it had to be said...ok....enough.....stop throwing things...
6. Posted by Faith+1 | December 24, 2006 10:53 AM |
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7. Posted by observer 5 | December 24, 2006 2:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It may have been a relatively minor crack in the femur.
7. Posted by observer 5 | December 24, 2006 2:36 PM |
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8. Posted by wavemaker | December 24, 2006 8:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
epador -- your point is good -- appears there's twice as much base at Squaw Valley as at Sun valley.
Perhaps it has more to do with beautiful people.
Since the Sun Valley hospital must have regat skill at treating broken limbs, it could simply be that this "break" is not much of a "break" at all, which would explain how someone could be discharged for later treatment. Unless, that is, that the Governor's vacation is going to end tonight and he's being airlifted on a private jet back to Cedars Sinai.
8. Posted by wavemaker | December 24, 2006 8:20 PM |
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9. Posted by epador | December 25, 2006 2:44 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Fibula - Femur - is there really any difference? Ask any AP reporter.
While he could have damaged his femoral head with resultant aseptic necrosis, and will need a replacement, or have some sort of femoral injury that can be treated in a delayed fashion, I'd put my money on a fib fracture which could easily be splinted and might require delayed fixation.
9. Posted by epador | December 25, 2006 2:44 AM |
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10. Posted by epador | December 25, 2006 2:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Gov has been going to Sun Valley for years. He and Maria have a house there. But for all his posturing on being a "green" governor, its a shame he isn't promoting California businesses for snow sports. Or maybe this is his way of promoting not eco-friendly business outside of the state...
10. Posted by epador | December 25, 2006 2:54 AM |
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11. Posted by John S | December 25, 2006 9:49 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Cyborg--skin over metal exoskeletan. I think they need to send a special welder back from the future to fix Arnie's leg.
Just goes to show you. Never go skiing with a Kennedy. It's about as smart as asking Teddy for a lift.
11. Posted by John S | December 25, 2006 9:49 AM |
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12. Posted by Peter F. | December 25, 2006 12:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Can't blame the Gov for going to Sun Valley. I'd take dry, SV powder vs. Sierra Cement any day of the week.
12. Posted by Peter F. | December 25, 2006 12:45 PM |
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13. Posted by Mike K. | December 26, 2006 1:34 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Too bad for him. And now for a comic relief of the governator's accident in pictures see:
http://www.skibrokeback.com/arnold/
13. Posted by Mike K. | December 26, 2006 1:34 AM |
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