Screen shot Sunday morning from the Twitter account of Jim McGrath, spokesman for President George H.W. Bush:
Thursday afternoon update from the Associated Press:
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ The latest on Former President George H.W. Bush, who fell at his summer home on Wednesday and broke a bone in his neck (all times local):
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3 p.m.
The doctor treating former President George H.W. Bush for a broken bone in his neck says patients Bush’s age typically take three to four months to heal from such an injury.
The 91-year-old Bush, the oldest living former president, remains hospitalized in fair condition a day after he injured himself in a fall at his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Dr. William D’Angelo said a news conference Thursday at Maine Medical Center in Portland: “He’s doing great, his spirits are good, and he’s up and talking, and out of bed.”
D’Angelo said the fracture to Bush’s C2 vertebrae _ the second one below the skull _ didn’t impinge on his spine or cause neurological problems, and that it’s expected to heal on its own.
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12:30 p.m.
The office of former President George H.W. Bush says he won’t need surgery to repair a broken bone in his neck.
The 91-year-old Bush, the oldest living former president, remains hospitalized in fair condition a day after he injured himself in a fall at his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
His office says the fracture to his C2 vertebrae _ the second one below the skull _ didn’t impinge on his spine or cause neurological problems, and that it’s expected to heal on its own. In a statement, his office says a “prolonged
recovery period” at the hospital isn’t anticipated.
Bush has a form of Parkinson’s disease and uses a motorized scooter or a wheelchair for mobility. He is being treated at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, where a children’s hospital is named for his wife.
Thursday morning update:
Original story:
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has fallen at home in Kennebunkport, Maine, and broken a bone in his neck.
Spokesman Jim McGrath says the 91-year-old Bush is in stable condition and is doing “fine” after Wednesday’s fall. He says in a tweet the 41st president will be in a neck brace.
Bush was hospitalized in Houston in December for about a week for treatment of shortness of breath. He said he was “grateful to the doctors and nurses for their superb care” after his treatment there.
Bush is the oldest living former U.S. president. He served two terms as Ronald Reagan’s vice president before being elected the nation’s 41st president in 1988. After one term highlighted by the success of the 1991 Gulf War in Kuwait he lost to Democrat Bill Clinton amid voters’ concerns about the economy.
