Former President George H.W. Bush, 91, has been released from Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, after breaking the C2 vertebrae in his neck after falling Wednesday in his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Suffering from a form of Parkinson's disease which has reportedly left him unable to walk, Bush typically uses a wheelchair or a scooter.
A very grateful President @GeorgeHWBush was discharged today from @MaineMed after four days of treatment for a fractured vertebrae.
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 19, 2015
President and Mrs @GeorgeHWBush extend their great gratitude to the doctors, nurses and staff @MaineMed 4 their kind and professional care.
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 19, 2015
"Doctors treating him had called it 'a significant injury' but said he was in excellent shape and anticipated he would make a full recovery. Bush will be wearing a neck brace as well as a large brace at times," CNN reports.
41 fell at home in Maine today and broke a bone in his neck. His condition is stable -- he is fine -- but he'll be in a neck brace.
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 16, 2015
President @GeorgeHWBush continues to be in good spirits, and his doctors are very pleased with his progress.
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 18, 2015
According to CNN, "Dr. William D'Angelo, a neurosurgeon who was treating Bush at Maine Medical Center, had estimated it would generally take someone of his age about three to four months to recover from the injury."
According to @georgepbush, Barbara Pierce Bush declared: “A slip and fall is not going to take out a World War II pilot."
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 16, 2015
Last year, the World War II pilot went skydiving to celebrate his 90th birthday. However, he was also hospitalized the same year after suffering a shortness of breath. As previously reported, two years prior, he was in the hospital for several months after contracting bronchitis.
Suffering from a form of Parkinson's disease which has reportedly left him unable to walk, Bush typically uses a wheelchair or a scooter.
A very grateful President @GeorgeHWBush was discharged today from @MaineMed after four days of treatment for a fractured vertebrae.
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 19, 2015
President and Mrs @GeorgeHWBush extend their great gratitude to the doctors, nurses and staff @MaineMed 4 their kind and professional care.
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 19, 2015
"Doctors treating him had called it 'a significant injury' but said he was in excellent shape and anticipated he would make a full recovery. Bush will be wearing a neck brace as well as a large brace at times," CNN reports.
41 fell at home in Maine today and broke a bone in his neck. His condition is stable -- he is fine -- but he'll be in a neck brace.
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 16, 2015
President @GeorgeHWBush continues to be in good spirits, and his doctors are very pleased with his progress.
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 18, 2015
According to CNN, "Dr. William D'Angelo, a neurosurgeon who was treating Bush at Maine Medical Center, had estimated it would generally take someone of his age about three to four months to recover from the injury."
According to @georgepbush, Barbara Pierce Bush declared: “A slip and fall is not going to take out a World War II pilot."
— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) July 16, 2015
Last year, the World War II pilot went skydiving to celebrate his 90th birthday. However, he was also hospitalized the same year after suffering a shortness of breath. As previously reported, two years prior, he was in the hospital for several months after contracting bronchitis.
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