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George II

(67,782 posts)
Thu May 16, 2019, 11:08 AM May 2019

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter released from the hospital

Source: CNN



By Betsy Klein, CNN

Updated 10:49 AM ET, Thu May 16, 2019

(CNN)Former President Jimmy Carter may have spent three days in the hospital, but the 94 year-old is expected to teach Sunday school at his beloved Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, this weekend.

Carter was released from the hospital Thursday morning, the Carter Center announced, and will continue to recuperate at home. He was admitted Monday after a fall on his way to go turkey hunting, and later underwent a successful surgery at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia.

"He will undergo physical therapy, as part of his recovery from hip replacement surgery. President Carter plans to teach Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church this weekend," the Carter Center said in a statement.

In March, Carter became the oldest-living former president in US history. The former president fought cancer in his liver and brain, announcing his cancer was gone in 2015. He was hospitalized briefly in 2017 after becoming dehydrated while working on a Habitat for Humanity project in Canada, but has since been in overall good health.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/politics/jimmy-rosalynn-carter-hospital-release/index.html



The man just never stops ticking. As a person, he's the greatest president in history!
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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter released from the hospital (Original Post) George II May 2019 OP
I wish them both well ... they walk the walk. Botany May 2019 #1
Wow. BumRushDaShow May 2019 #2
Thank goodness! pazzyanne May 2019 #3
That is fantastic news! Dem2theMax May 2019 #4
"As a person, he's the greatest president in history!" And that's how I like my presidents. erronis May 2019 #5
Was something wrong with Rosalynn? Polly Hennessey May 2019 #6
I had the same thought. LisaM May 2019 #8
According to the article DownriverDem May 2019 #10
I ❤️ Jimmy Carter! NurseJackie May 2019 #7
Jimmy Carter 2020 James48 May 2019 #9
Wouldn't that be great? George II May 2019 #11
Best wishes for both...Examples of decency and helping others...unlike Maxheader May 2019 #12
Amazed he's being allowed to go home DeminPennswoods May 2019 #13
The couple that is hospitalized together, stays together treestar May 2019 #14
You're right. When my mother fell and broke a couple of ribs at the age of 87.... George II May 2019 #15
When they've been together that long treestar May 2019 #16
Great News colsohlibgal May 2019 #17
They have a 73rd wedding anniversary coming up in July. argyl May 2019 #18

Botany

(70,483 posts)
1. I wish them both well ... they walk the walk.
Thu May 16, 2019, 11:45 AM
May 2019

BTW @ 94 and falling that needed surgery Jimmy might very well be at the end but
still he wanted to get out in order to teach Sunday School and to get back to building
homes on "Habitat for Humanity" projects.

pazzyanne

(6,546 posts)
3. Thank goodness!
Thu May 16, 2019, 12:14 PM
May 2019

Such good people deserve a long life without bad complications. My best wishes for health and happiness to these two people who have brought happiness to so many.

Dem2theMax

(9,650 posts)
4. That is fantastic news!
Thu May 16, 2019, 12:26 PM
May 2019

Somehow, I knew he would be back up on his feet pretty soon, but this is even faster than I expected.

What an amazing man. And what an amazing couple.

erronis

(15,222 posts)
5. "As a person, he's the greatest president in history!" And that's how I like my presidents.
Thu May 16, 2019, 12:51 PM
May 2019

Great and caring real people.

Not fake business cons or scions of wealthy families.

DownriverDem

(6,227 posts)
10. According to the article
Thu May 16, 2019, 01:11 PM
May 2019

she felt weak and went to the hospital too. She was released with Jimmy. I love those two.

Maxheader

(4,371 posts)
12. Best wishes for both...Examples of decency and helping others...unlike
Thu May 16, 2019, 01:41 PM
May 2019

the worthless trash in the white house now...

treestar

(82,383 posts)
14. The couple that is hospitalized together, stays together
Thu May 16, 2019, 06:24 PM
May 2019

well, they've already proven they can do that.

LOL about the turkey hunt. He has earned his hobbies, unlike the Dotard.

George II

(67,782 posts)
15. You're right. When my mother fell and broke a couple of ribs at the age of 87....
Thu May 16, 2019, 06:31 PM
May 2019

....(she was packing used clothing to give to the Fortune Society, an organization that helps recently released prisoners readjust to society, leaned over and toppled) she was hospitalized for a few days. My hospital allowed my father to sleep in the room with her each night.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
16. When they've been together that long
Thu May 16, 2019, 06:32 PM
May 2019

that makes sense. And it seems that the survivor won't survive by long.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
17. Great News
Thu May 16, 2019, 08:43 PM
May 2019

Jimmy Carter IMHO is the best man ever to be President. Not the best President but the most decent human being. He reminds me so much of my Paternal Grandfather, who my Sister and I idolized and spent a lot of time with.

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