{"id":3191,"date":"2011-05-12T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2011-05-12T15:53:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T19:53:05","slug":"grahams-doctor-says-condition-has-stabilized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/05\/grahams-doctor-says-condition-has-stabilized","title":{"rendered":"Graham&#8217;s Doctor Says Condition Has Stabilized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By ADELLE M. BANKS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>c. 2011 Religion News Service<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(RNS) Billy Graham&#8217;s doctor confirmed Thursday (May 12) that the 92-year-old evangelist has pneumonia, but said he is doing well.<\/p>\n<p>Graham was taken Wednesday to Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., where he was started on antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shaw C. Henderson, a pulmonologist, said Graham is being encouraged to restart normal activities, including physical therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Graham spokesman A. Larry Ross said in a statement that the evangelist started feeling better once he arrived at the hospital near his North Carolina home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We anticipate his pneumonia to clear with treatment and hope he will be able to soon return home,&#8221; Ross said. No departure date has been determined.<\/p>\n<p>Graham has been mostly homebound in recent years and has suffered from age-related ailments, including hearing loss and macular degeneration.<\/p>\n<p>He has continued to work on writing projects, including a first-person account on aging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By ADELLE M. BANKS c. 2011 Religion News Service (RNS) Billy Graham&#8217;s doctor confirmed Thursday (May 12) that the 92-year-old evangelist has pneumonia, but said he is doing well. 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