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\nBy Daniel Burke
\nEvangelist Billy Graham is in “fair and improving” condition
\nat a North Carolina hospital after he was admitted Saturday (Aug. 18)
\nfor intestinal bleeding, a spokesperson said Monday.
\nGraham, 88, is alert, walking around and visiting with family, said
\nGraham spokesperson Melany Ethridge.
\nThe evangelist remains near his home, at Mission Health & Hospitals
\nin Asheville, N.C., for “evaluation and rest,” Ethridge said.
\nGraham’s physicians have said the illness does not appear to be
\nlife-threatening.
\nMedical tests showed no areas of bleeding in the gastrointestinal
\ntract, according to the hospital. The bleeding may have come from small
\npouches that form in the lower intestines, Graham’s doctors said.
\nThe evangelist, whose wife of 64 years, Ruth Graham, died in June,
\nsuffers from Parkinson’s disease and has been largely home-bound in
\nrecent years.
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