Reagan May Step Up Physical Therapy Soon
Former President Ronald Reagan is recovering so well from surgery for his broken hip that he may soon begin an accelerated program of physical therapy, his chief of staff said Tuesday.
“He looks stronger each day,” Joanne Drake said in her daily update from St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica.
Reagan, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1994, fell and broke his hip Friday at his home in Bel-Air.
The 89-year-old former president underwent a 65-minute surgical procedure Saturday morning. Doctors used a pin, plate and screw to repair the fracture.
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