Not a lot of information out there at the moment but Teresa Heinz Kerry has been hospitalized and is currently in critical but stable condition:
Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of US Secretary of State John F. Kerry, is in critical but stable condition at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, a hospital spokesman said.
Heinz Kerry, 74, was stricken with an unspecified medical condition this afternoon while at the family’s vacation home on the island, according to a person close to the family, who asked not to be named. Her husband was at the home at the time, the person said.
She was brought in, in critical but stable condition, and that is currently how ... her condition still remains,” Brown said shortly after 5:30 p.m. “At this point, we are determining the next phase of her care, be that either in our facility on the island, or on the mainland.”
Heinz Kerry was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2009 and underwent surgery and radiation treatments. She has publicly encouraged other women to get regular mammograms to help enable early detection of the disease.
ABC:
Teresa Heinz Kerry was hospitalized in critical but stable condition at Nantucket Cottage Hospital today, according to a hospital spokesman.
The spokesman, Noah Brown, said Heinz Kerry, 74, was admitted today, but would not say why.
Sources close to the family told ABC News that she was taken from her home to the hospital by ambulance after falling ill this afternoon, but they did not provide any details of her illnes
The Guardian:
A spokesman for the hospital, Noah Brown, said 74-year-old Heinz Kerry came to the facility in critical condition, and remains that way, although she has been stabilised.
The source close to the family said: "She was stricken around 4pm and taken away by ambulance to the local hospital. He (Kerry) is with her."
The source decline to provide details on Heinz Kerry's health other than to say that her trip to the hospital from the family's home was necessitated by a "medical condition" rather than an accident.
Lets all send a little positive karma her way.
5:21 PM PT:
Greta Van Susteren @gretawire
Was just told Teresa Heinz being flown to Mass Gen from Nantucket right now
5:46 PM PT: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/...
Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, has been flown to Boston for further medical treatment after being taken by ambulance from the couple's Nantucket, Mass., home to a hospital on Sunday afternoon, sources close to the family told NBC News.
John Kerry spokesman Glen Johnson said in a statement that once doctors at Nantucket Cottage Hospital stabilized Heinz Kerry, she was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston while accompanied by her husband.