The Secretary of State remains a patient. She is still under the care of a team of doctors – specialists – who know a great deal more about her condition and its ramifications than most of us here and than Mme. Secretary herself.
pa·tient
/ˈpeɪ ʃənt/
noun
1.a person who is under medical care or treatment.
2.a person or thing that undergoes some action.
Something in an article in today’s New York Times caught our eyes and caused concern. Bells, whistles, sirens went off. Here is the paragraph in question.
Speaking to a meeting of a foreign policy advisory board from her home in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Thursday, Mrs. Clinton said she was crossing her fingers and encouraging her doctors to let her return next week. “I’m trying to be a compliant patient,” she said, according to a person who was in the room. “But that does require a certain level of patience, which I’ve had to cultivate over the last three and a half weeks.”
Um … right, Mme. Secretary. It does require a certain level of patience. That is why you are a patient – yet. Please, please, please … defer to the opinions of your expert medical team. Do not try to encourage them. Listen to them. Nothing is so urgent and important as your own well-being right now. We all know of your considerable persuasive powers. At the moment, rather than persuading your doctors of your ability to carry off these last weeks in the style you had planned, we beg you to attend to their advice and move forward only as they recommend.
You are Secretary of State, and we well know your responsibilities. We have followed you from your days as FLOTUS and NY Senator. But right now, dear heart, you are a patient. We know you don’t like that, but that is the case.
Please listen to your doctors and to all who love you for you – not for what you can do for them. Rest, dear Hillary. Recover. Your service speaks for you. You will be back to do everything you want to when your doctors say it is safe.
We want to see you again. That is the most important thing. So please, take your time. We will be there when you come back with that dazzling smile!
Readers, here is the link to the full New York Times piece from today.
Still4Hill 
Awww look at that smile, she looks so happy running away from the hospital.
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😀 Love that smile.
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I couldn’t say it any better.
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I love seeing that smile….
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likewise. And, I was immensely relieved to see that picture.
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Hillary is a hard person to keep down. I hope that she doesn’t overdo it once she does go back to work. In DC she lives alone. I also hope that someone will stay with her until she’s fully recovered. If I’m not mistaken, she was in her home in DC when she initially got ill and fell. They better be watching her like a hawk until the doctors confirm that the clot has dissolved. I wonder if she’ll go by car or by train back to DC. It’s about a 4 hour drive from NY. I worry about her as if she were my mother.
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I am so sure they will don’t keep her alone. If not Bill since he will be in the Samsung event someone else and even a nurse for some time maybe or regular check ups.
I would say car it is for her just to keep her safe.
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I guess cars will be her mode of transportation until the doctors allow her to fly again. I just saw in the news that she’ll be back at work tomorrow. I hope that she doesn’t overdo it.
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They probably left a long time ago. Our spy in Chappaqua did not see her SUVs this evening,
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Oh, I’m sure that she got to DC hours ago. She usually flies commercial when off duty, but I guess that she’s grounded for now. I just hope that she’s not left alone in the house and someone is with her until she’s well.
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After she fell, she had a nurse with her. I hope she does now, too.
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hillary returning to work monday!
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/06/hillary-clinton-returning-to-work-monday/?on.cnn=1
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I bet the State Dept. employees can’t wait to see her. I wish her well and God Speed. Madame Secretary, please take it easy in Washington.
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Hillary, Please take care of your self. You know we old people need to stick together. I can understand about being tired and wanting to rest. I can’t believe you have been running all over the country at your age. I’m already tired just by hearing about all the places you have gone. I am your age. I was 65 years old in November. So girl, take it easy.
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OK. Praying she is well enough. I hope there is a nurse in her contingent as well as at the house.
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At work and in public there’ll be plenty of people around. I’m more worried about her being home alone. I hope that a nurse or someone else will be with her until she fully recovers.
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[…] persuasive skills to return to work somewhat earlier than her doctors might have wished due to remarks she made in a conference call while she was still recuperating at home. We also know she wants to close out her time at State on an up note with some special events. […]
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