Gerald Ford Health Update - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

1/17/06

Gerald Ford Health Update

This update on former President Gerald Ford. He remains in a California Hospital Tuesday undergoing treatment for pneumonia.

At age 92, he is the nation's oldest living former President. He is getting intravenous antibiotics, and doctors say that if he continues to do well, he will likely be discharged on Thursday.

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