Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waJanuary 20, 2009, Seneta Ted Kennedy akabatwa nepfari pazvokudya zvemasikati zvaBarack Obama paakatanga kutonga
uye akaendeswa neamburenzi. Byrd, akanga agere patafura imwe cheteyo, akavhiringidzika uye iye amene akaendeswa kuhofisi yake. Hofisi yaByrd yakashuma kuti akanga akanaka. Musi waMay 18, Byrd akaendeswa kuchipatara pashure pokunge atanga kupisa muviri nemhaka ye"chirwere chiduku", chakapfuuridzirwa neutachiona hwestaphylococcus aureus. Byrd akasunungurwa musi waJune 30, 2009.