Texas governor suffers severe burns
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was severely scalded and may miss the Republican convention.
Click here for reuse options![He] sustained “extensive second- and third-degree burns” on both legs below the knees and both feet – and may miss next week’s Republican National Convention as a result, his office said Sunday.
Spokesman Matt Hirsch said Abbott was with his family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Thursday when he was scalded in an accident involving hot water. He declined to provide further details.
The governor was treated for several hours at nearby St. John’s Medical Center.
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Morgan Sheridan July 11th, 2016 at 08:12
While Abbot is a despicable human being, it still is horrible that he has become a burn victim. The treatment is going to be beyond painful.
Kim Serrahn July 11th, 2016 at 12:50
It’s his legs. since he has a broken back he has no feeling from the waist down (or the waist up either for that matter)
Morgan Sheridan July 12th, 2016 at 20:34
So? Those kinds of burns are nothing to sneer at. And if a person with paralysis cannot feel the burn pain, then they are even more at risk for secondary and tertiary complications from the burn injuries. I loathe the son of a bitch politically, but fuck, I’m not so inhumane as to dismiss the injury as casually as you. Oh, “It’s his legs. since he has a broken back he has no feeling from the waist down..”
Snick1946 July 11th, 2016 at 20:48
Seriously, this could be life threatening if it’s bad enough. I had a cousin who was a paraplegic who got second/third degree burns when he dropped a match in his lap while smoking. He spent weeks hospitalized and died of septic infection. Just imagine- Dan Patrick becoming governor of Texas?
Morgan Sheridan July 12th, 2016 at 20:27
Shuddering at the thought of Dan Patrick ascending to the governorship. Yuck. My kid brother managed to get scalded across his shoulders and back when he was three and his blisters were horrible and the debridement treatments were horrible for him to endure.
mea_mark July 12th, 2016 at 20:39
His legs are useless. They will amputate them if there is any risk. I am afraid we are stuck with Abbott.
whatthe46 July 11th, 2016 at 08:38
karma.
Soothsayer123 July 11th, 2016 at 09:24
Anything to get out of going to the GOP convention.
Snick1946 July 11th, 2016 at 12:04
Coffee at McDonalds?
mistlesuede July 11th, 2016 at 12:53
Lawsuit to follow, right? :)
arc99 July 11th, 2016 at 17:58
I guess it is a sign of the times.
Anything to avoid having to attend the Republican National Convention.
even self-immolation with scalding water…
Lorraine Easterling July 12th, 2016 at 06:49
Praying for the governor. I was scaled on my foot when I was nine years old. This is very painful. I wish that on no one. It takes a long time to heal. The scare is still there.