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Rodriguez Still Hospitalized with Mystery Ailment

Posted Oct 3rd 2009 6:54AM by TMZ Staff

Paul RodriguezComedian Paul Rodriguez is still in the hospital with what seems to be a mystery illness.

Paul was rushed to George Washington University Hospital in D.C. on Thursday after complaining of severe abdominal pain. He was placed in ICU, where he remains.

Rodriguez is a leader in the California Latino Water Coalition and was in D.C. to lobby Congress. Mario Santoya, a fellow member of the organization who has been by his bedside, told TMZ a few minutes ago doctors still don't know what is ailing Paul. They're doing tests, he said.

Santoya says they have taken the tubes out of Paul's nose but he's still in bad pain. Doctors will continue to do tests and he's expected to be hospitalized for a few more days, minimum.

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Tags: California Latino Water Coalition, CaliforniaLatinoWaterCoalition, comedian, hospital, icu, illness, paul rodriguez, PaulRodriguez, washington dc, WashingtonDc

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1. maybe he just has to fart?

Posted at 12:10PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by David

2. I certaily wish him well! Paul's a very funny man!!! Get well soon!

Posted at 12:15PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Joe

3. MESSAGE DELETED BY TMZ..............
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3. OMG CHEF KOOKIE, you are the BOMB!

....maybe he had a case of bad guacamole....
Posted at 11:36AM on Oct 3rd 2009 by paula dean

Posted at 12:45PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by REPOST

4. Everyone knows not to drink the latin water.

Posted at 1:03PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by nightcrawler

5. Where's a doc like House when you need him?

Let's have a pool to see who can guess what's wrong. I say, diverticulitis. If I get this right, I'd like a free medical degree please.

Next?

Posted at 1:18PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Lynne

6. Ischemic bowel? Pancreatitis as a symptom of something else?

Posted at 1:24PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Lynne

7. 7. Where's a doc like House when you need him?

Let's have a pool to see who can guess what's wrong. I say, diverticulitis. If I get this right, I'd like a free medical degree please.

Next?
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I say diverticulitis too. My mother in law has that and it took aboutweek for the docs to diagnose her with it.

Posted at 1:29PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Jessi

8. Chef Kooky's recipes make me fart

Posted at 1:28PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by David

9. YAY Chef Kooky!!! Love Love Love!!!

Posted at 2:16PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by kattykat

10. It sounds like diverticulitis to me too ..... but any decent docs could have diagnosed that immediately. ?????

Posted at 2:36PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by why so long?

11. Poor guy, wish him well. Sounds like is he may have an intestinal blockage caused by scar tissue or adhesions. That's what almost took Gordon Lightfoot's life a while back. No early symptoms except the sudden onset of illness described in the original report. Horrifically painful and, if this is what's ailing him, I hope they don't dilly dally & intervene surgically asap - I had it several years ago & it took 3 weeks of hell in ICU before the docs went in - by that time, trust me, you WISH you were dead. I was perfectly fine at dinner time, queasy by 11PM, rushing for the john at 1AM and screaming for drugs in the ER by 3AM. Really gets the admitting nurse moving when you keel over and your BP & pulse drop to a hiccup. If I hadn't been in an ER, I'd have died. Good that someone found Rodriguez & got him to a hospital when they did.

Posted at 4:24PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by saraheartburn

12. Obama Care side effects include.....
Headache
Delayed treatment
Zero choice
Sky rocketing taxes
,And premature death!

Posted at 4:56PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Oppsishitedovertherainbowtofindthepotofgold

13. I was feelin' . . . so bad,
I asked my family doctor just what I had,
I said, "Doctor, . . .(Doctor . . .)
Mr. M.D., . . .(Doctor . . .)
Now can you tell me, tell me, tell me,
What's ailin' me?" (Doctor . . .)

He said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yes, indeed, all you really need . . .
(Is good lovin')
Gimme that good, good lovin . . .
(Good lovin')
All I need is lovin' . . .
(Good lovin')
Good lovin', baby.

Posted at 5:33PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Kooky Fan

14. See paul your getting the Best Medical Treatment possible, why would you support Obamacare. Hopefully you'll change your mind,
and start supporting conservative causes.

Posted at 5:47PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by raul

15. Sounds a lot like pancreatitis.

Posted at 6:17PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Corn on the Cob

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