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Updated: 7:55 PM Oct 11, 2008
Update: Billy Graham Hospitalized
A personal physician for Evangelist Billy Graham says Graham has returned home from a brief hospitalization after he tripped and fell over one of his dogs at his home in western North Carolina
Posted: 11:37 AM Oct 11, 2008 |
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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Graham, 89, was released from a hospital Saturday afternoon and expected to fully recover from the fall, Dr. Lucian Rice said in a statement.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Evangelist Billy Graham was hospitalized Saturday after tripping and falling over one of his dogs at his North Carolina home, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The 89-year-old Graham was at Mission Hospital in Asheville with discomfort and bruising and hoped to be home later in the day, said spokeswoman Merrell Gregory. He was listed in fair condition and his physicians report that X-rays showed no broken bones, Gregory said in a news release.
For six decades, Graham led a worldwide crusade-based ministry that packed stadiums with believers and allowed him to counsel every U.S. president since Harry Truman.
The Southern Baptist minister fell late Friday at his home in Montreat, N.C.
Earlier this year, Graham had elective surgery to update a shunt that controls excess fluid on his brain. The shunt was first installed in 2000 and drains fluid from through a small tube, relieving excess pressure that can cause symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease.
Graham has also suffered from prostate cancer and macular degeneration. He was hospitalized last year for nearly two weeks after experiencing intestinal bleeding.
Graham turns 90 on Nov. 7.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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My thoughts and prayers are with this wonderful human being. May God bless him and make his way easy. He is truly a loving and kind person. The world is a better place because of him.
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