California IN BRIEF : COSTA MESA : Schuller’s Condition Upgraded to Stable

Doctors treating the Rev. Robert H. Schuller in Amsterdam on Friday upgraded his condition to stable after determining that medication prescribed to relieve swelling in his brain took effect overnight. The Garden Grove-based televangelist was “alert, verbal and he even briefly sat up in his chair,” said Michael Nason, a spokesman for Schuller. “It’s a lot better day than (Thursday).” Doctors at Free University Hospital had downgraded Schuller’s condition Thursday from stable to guarded when they found swelling and residual blood between his brain and skull. But Nason said another brain scan Friday showed that Schuller’s condition had “markedly improved,” mainly because the medication that was prescribed to reduce the swelling “kicked in overnight.”