A ranar 20 ga watan Janairun 2009, Sanata Ted Kennedy ya kamu da ciwon shanyewar jiki a lokacin Barack Obama
cin abincin rana kuma an dauke shi a cikin motar asibiti. Byrd, zaune a wannan teburin, ya zama m da kuma ya kansa da aka cire wa ofishin. Ofishin Byrd ya ba da rahoton cewa yana da kyau. A ranar 18 ga Mayu, an kwantar da Byrd a asibiti bayan ya kamu da zazzabi saboda "ƙananan kamuwa da cuta", wanda kamuwa da cutar staphylococcus aureus ya tsawaita. An saki Byrd a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 2009.