Former first lady Nancy Reagan is said to be in good spirits at St. John’s Hospital where she is being held overnight for observation following a fall Sunday at her Bel Air home.
“She is doing well and is visiting with friends in her room,” said Joanne Drake, chief of staff for the Reagan Foundation, in a written statement. “As a precaution, her family physician felt it best to admit her for overnight evaluation.”
Doctors said Reagan, 86, did not sustain a broken hip as had been feared. She is staying in the same hospital room where her husband, former President Ronald Reagan stayed when he broke his hip in 2001, Drake told reporters. The former president, who served from 1981 to 1989, died on June 5, 2004 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. The Reagans were married for 52 years.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 19, 2008. Read the original PDF.