Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a catch all category defined as “an alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology, caused by an external force” rated from mild (those with no immediate recognizable effects) to severe. After an MRI revealed a dangerous blood clot had formed in her brain, Hillary was hospitalized for an extended stay at the New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center. Although Dr. Lisa Bardack denied Hillary had sufferred a stroke, Obama administration aides reported she had.<ref>http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/obama-staff-dropped-bombshell-hillary-medical-details-two-strokes/ </ref> As Dr. Bardack was issuing a public statement that said, "The secretary is making excellent progress", Chelsea Clinton was seen departing the hospital in tears.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hillary-clinton-admitted-hospital-blood-clot-article-1.1230031 </ref> Bill Clinton later reported it took Hillary 6 months to recuperate. | Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a catch all category defined as “an alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology, caused by an external force” rated from mild (those with no immediate recognizable effects) to severe. After an MRI revealed a dangerous blood clot had formed in her brain, Hillary was hospitalized for an extended stay at the New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center. Although Dr. Lisa Bardack denied Hillary had sufferred a stroke, Obama administration aides reported she had.<ref>http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/obama-staff-dropped-bombshell-hillary-medical-details-two-strokes/ </ref> As Dr. Bardack was issuing a public statement that said, "The secretary is making excellent progress", Chelsea Clinton was seen departing the hospital in tears.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hillary-clinton-admitted-hospital-blood-clot-article-1.1230031 </ref> Bill Clinton later reported it took Hillary 6 months to recuperate. |