Reagan ‘Could Not Be Better,’ Doctor Says
President Reagan’s doctor said “things could not be better” today as the chief executive continued to bounce back from prostate surgery and tests that physicians said showed him free of cancer.
Aides said Reagan might be released from Bethesda Naval Hospital in suburban Maryland as early as Thursday.
“The President feels great,” said Army Col. John Hutton, the White House physician.
Hutton said a catheter, a tube for draining urine, was removed from Reagan on Wednesday without causing him any discomfort and “he is adjusting very well.”
Hutton said the President was expected to attend to some paper work today, including his weekly radio address and his State of the Union message to Congress. He said Reagan would also meet with his chief of staff, Donald T. Regan, and his national security adviser, Frank C. Carlucci.
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