Doc not surprised with Clinton’s illness

Strenuous campaign would lead to anybody getting ill

Sixty years ago, America had a 65-year-old president running for re-election.  In 1956, there was plenty of concern about Dwight Eisenhower’s health during the campaign, because of his recent heart attack.  

Reports are that Hillary Clinton had been ill since late last week, but her campaign didn’t admit it until she became visibly ill at the 9/11 ceremony in New York City.

With Clinton’s case, the pneumonia is portrayed as proof of the candidate’s preference for secrecy. Reporters are suggesting that Clinton’s illness might never have been revealed if she hadn’t appeared sick in public.  

Gundersen Health System’s Dr. Lucas Hammell isn’t surprised that somebody running a strenuous national campaign for president ends up getting sick.

“That would probably be more likely than the rest of us that she would develop an pneumonia,” Hammell said. “Just because of all the lack of sleep and running form here to there, staying hydrated and not letting herself rest enough when sick.”

Hammell says taking a break and getting rest is what Clinton ought to be doing to recover from pneumonia.