ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- The wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain was taken Wednesday afternoon to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak for a minor sprain after an enthusiastic supporter shook her hand too hard during a fundraising event in West Bloomfield.

Cindy McCain's hand was shaken a bit too strongly at the event, which agitated a pre-existing condition with carpal tunnel syndrome, McCain’s campaign said.

Cindy McCain has had several surgeries for her condition.

Cindy McCain was traveling with her husband as he planned to attend three Oakland County fundraising events Wednesday. McCain also meet with reporters at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham, a site of one of his fundraisers.

The senator was joined by his wife at the Birmingham fundraiser where she was wearing a black sling. Cindy McCain addressed the crowd, saying she was "doing great."