July 8, 2013
Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, was hospitalized July 8 after exhibiting symptoms of "some sort of seizure," according to a source close to the family. She is pictured here, center, at the swearing-in ceremony of her husband at the State Department on February 2013.
(CNN) -- Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, has been upgraded from critical to fair condition a day after she was hospitalized with symptoms "consistent with some kind of seizure."
Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, was hospitalized July 8 after exhibiting symptoms of "some sort of seizure," according to a source close to the family. She is pictured here, center, at the swearing-in ceremony of her husband at the State Department on February 2013.
Heinz Kerry, 74, became ill Sunday while on the island of Nantucket, where the family has a home.
Heinz Kerry, 74, became ill Sunday while on the island of Nantucket, where the family has a home.
John Kerry accompanied his wife by ambulance to the hospital, Kerry's spokesman said.
John Kerry accompanied his wife by ambulance to the hospital, Kerry's spokesman said.
The Kerry family is grateful for the outpouring of support it has received but asked for privacy, according to a released statement.
The Kerry family is grateful for the outpouring of support it has received but asked for privacy, according to a released statement.
Heinz Kerry was thrown into the spotlight when her husband ran for the Democratic nomination during the 2004 presidential election.
Heinz Kerry was thrown into the spotlight when her husband ran for the Democratic nomination during the 2004 presidential election.
John Kerry and his wife hold hands during a political rally on March 2, 2004, in Washington.
John Kerry and his wife hold hands during a political rally on March 2, 2004, in Washington.
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Teresa Heinz Kerry with husband John Kerry
Teresa Heinz Kerry with husband John Kerry
Teresa Heinz Kerry with husband John Kerry
Teresa Heinz Kerry with husband John Kerry
Teresa Heinz Kerry with husband John Kerry
Teresa Heinz Kerry with husband John Kerry
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: Teresa Heinz Kerry's condition upgraded from critical to fair, spokesman said
- Heinz Kerry's symptoms "consistent with some sort of seizure," source says
- John Kerry accompanied his wife in ambulance to hospital, spokesman said
- Kerrys were in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where family has home
Heinz Kerry, 74, underwent tests at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital on Sunday night and Monday morning, Kerry spokesman Glen Johnson said, before her condition was upgraded.
A source close to the family has told CNN she exhibited symptoms "consistent with some sort of seizure."
Johnson said John Kerry, Heinz Kerry's son and other family members have been at the hospital since she fell ill.
Heinz Kerry, 74, became ill Sunday and was taken by ambulance to Nantucket Cottage Hospital, accompanied by her husband, Johnson said.
Once her condition was stabilized, she was transferred to Massachusetts General.
Heinz Kerry was in Nantucket, where the family has a home.
"The family is grateful for the outpouring of support it has received and aware of the interest in her condition, but they ask for privacy at this time," Johnson said in a statement.
Born in Mozambique, Heinz Kerry worked for the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations in the 1960s when she moved to the United States.
Her first husband, Sen. John Heinz of Pennsylvania, died in a plane crash in 1991.
Heinz Kerry spoke to CNN's Larry King in 2010 about her battle with breast cancer.
He asked her if she was scared.
"I wasn't scared because I'm very analytical about things like this," she said. "I'm kind of, I guess, a little fatalistic."
CNN's Jamie Crawford contributed to this report.
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