From his Tweet just seconds ago:  [this won’t stop the Hammer]

Old age is catching up to me, may have a stress fracture in my foot. no worries, it’ll take more than that to keep me off the dance floor!

From what we hear rehearsals are intense – just ask the youngster Mark Dacascos who injured his foot only days ago.

UPDATE: Rick Klein over at ABC has more.

DeLay spokeswoman Shannon Flaherty said the former House majority leader injured himself in rehearsals earlier this week, and went to a doctor in Los Angeles today to check it out.

But he hasn’t missed any rehearsals, and still plans on making his “Dancing” debut next week.

“He’s is still OK to go for Monday’s performance,” Flaherty said. “He’s still been rehearsing and is still dancing.”

UPDATE 2: From DeLay’s Facebook Page

You may have already heard but I hurt my feet dancing Saturday. I went to the doctor yesterday. I was scared it was a stress fracture. I had a MRI this morning. No stress fracture! It is a pre-stress fracture. If I take relative rest and wear the rig…ht shoes, I can dance. I live for another day. More later.