Stroger suffers from seizures...once again!

John Stroger, who recently completed his 12-year reign as Cook County Board president, is back in the hospital after suffering seizures.

This represents at least his fourth hospitalization since he suffered a stroke in March on the eve of the Democratic primary election.

Stroger was re-admitted to the hospital Friday, though his family did not disclose until Monday evening that he had checked back in. Stroger's family has been releasing few details of his medical condition, saying they wanted to respect his privacy. But the family denied a television report that this hospitalization was the result of another stroke.

"He just went in for observation because of the seizures," said Bill Figel, a spokesman for Ald. Todd Stroger (8th), John Stroger's son.

'He's been up and down'

Ald. Stroger, who will ask Cook County Democratic committeemen today to slate him to replace his father on November's general election ballot, said Monday afternoon that he has not talked much with his father about the election.

"He's been up and down," Todd Stroger said of his father. "I'm trying to let him take some of the stress off."

Meanwhile, a South Side man filed a federal lawsuit Monday saying Democratic leaders withheld information about John Stroger's illness because they feared losing control of the County Board.