Re “How Long Will Feuer’s Injuries Keep Him Sidelined?”
[img]1610|left|Mike Feuer||no_popup[/img]The extraordinary physical resilience of the challenger Mike Feuer may turn out to be the golden story of the Los Angeles City Attorney race three months away.
“I have to be back immediately,” the state Assemblyman grittily told the newspaper this afternoon from his hospital bed.
“I have already missed a couple of important events. I am not missing any more.
“I am utterly committed to winning this race.
“This is a very, very small setback. It’s not going to take long to get over it. I don’t have time.
“The recuperation period is supposed to take a couple of months. Not, though, to somebody so dedicated to this campaign.”
Blindsided and severely injured when his car was crashed into by an alleged errant driver on Monday afternoon near USC as he was leaving the 110 Freeway, Mr. Feuer – presumed to be derailed by injuries for weeks – vowed to return “almost immediately” to the campaign trail.
He seeks to defeat incumbent Carmen Trutanich in the March 5 primary, and what elevates this matchup is their strong dislike for each other.
No exchange of valentines is anticipated – the arrows, maybe, but not the hearts.
Returning to the trail was in the front row of Mr. Feuer’s eager mind as he spoke while under medication.
Rays of Optimism
He apologized for the medicinal presence. “You are hearing my voice a little less crisp than usual.”
At first, he shrugged at his bruised lung, lacerated spleen and cracked ribs that sent him to intensive care. “I am fine,” he said, not terrifically convincingly. For emphasis, he repeated “I am okay” before going on to categorize the pains shooting through his tall, slender but well-conditioned body, resulting from six ribs fractured in multiple places.
The pain is constant, he admitted.
But so is his pulsing ache to resume campaigning.
Assaying his condition, he said that “even though, obviously, this is no fun and it is going to take time that I don’t have at the moment, I am ultimately going to be fine.
“I am going to find ways,” Mr. Feuer pledged, “to get back on the campaign trail almost immediately because there is no choice.”
Sunnily, he predicted he will be released from the hospital “in the next few days.”
