Informal Exchange With Reporters
Mrs. Reagan's Hospitalization
Q.
Mr. President, what did the doctors tell you?
Q.
Just tell us how she is.
Q.
Tell us how she is.
The President. What?
Q.
How is she?
Q.
How is she doing?
Q.
How is she?
The President. Just
fine. Just left her. We've been together all
afternoon and had lunch together, and she's feeling fine.
Q.
What can you tell us about -- [inaudible]. Is she walking in the hallways? How
is she doing?
The President. I took her for a walk
up and down the halls, yes.
Q.
What did the doctors tell you about the recuperation?
The President. They think she's ahead
of schedule.
Q.
When are you going to bring her home?
The President. What?
Q.
When are you going to bring her home?
Q.
When do you expect her back?
The President. Well, they haven't told
me that yet. They've indicated that it may be sooner than we think.
Q.
What was in the package?
The President. What?
Q.
What was in the package you took to her?
The President. It was a lovely little
mirror that she had admired once.
Q.
[Inaudible]
The President. That what?
Q.
The -- [inaudible] --
The President. Oh.
Q.
[Inaudible]
The President. Helen [Helen Thomas,
United Press International], I've made it.
Q.
What is that?
The President. I can't tell you.
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