Betty Ford Recovering After Surgery
Former first lady Betty Ford was recovering from unspecified surgery, the office of the late President Gerald Ford said.
The surgery occurred earlier in the week and she was "recovering well" at Eisenhower Medical Center, the statement said Thursday.
No other information will be released for several days, the statement said.
Mrs. Ford is 88. Her birthday is Sunday.
After her husband's death on Dec. 26 at age 93, she went on an arduous cross-country trip accompanying his body for services in California, Washington, D.C., and to his final resting place in Michigan.
First lady from 1974 to 1977, she came to earn wide respect through her frankness as she battled breast cancer, arthritis and addictions to drugs and alcohol.
© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The surgery occurred earlier in the week and she was "recovering well" at Eisenhower Medical Center, the statement said Thursday.
No other information will be released for several days, the statement said.
Mrs. Ford is 88. Her birthday is Sunday.
After her husband's death on Dec. 26 at age 93, she went on an arduous cross-country trip accompanying his body for services in California, Washington, D.C., and to his final resting place in Michigan.
First lady from 1974 to 1977, she came to earn wide respect through her frankness as she battled breast cancer, arthritis and addictions to drugs and alcohol.
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How lucky can a person be! To have met someone of that calibre so early in your life and in his political career makes me jealous!
Best wishes to Betty! May your recovery be quick and smooth, and may you return to good health soon.
Posted by gramto11 at 10:14 AM : Apr 08, 2007
I wished I'd realized at the time what an honor it was. :-) My grandfather had a road contracting business in Grand Rapids so he had regular dealings with Jerry Ford and the Fords had dinner at his house a few times. I was lucky enough to meet them then. The thing that still strikes me about them is, as I said, how real they were. Jerry was a genuinely nice man. Both of them had no pretensions and were really what you see is what you get. I was serving in the Air Force when Jerry became Vice-President and the first time I was old enough to vote in a presidential election I voted for him for president in 1976. Only time I have ever voted republican in my life! lol!
Best to you Betty! Here's hoping you have many more years to come!
How lucky can a person be! To have met someone of that calibre so early in your life and in his political career makes me jealous!
Best wishes to Betty! May your recovery be quick and smooth, and may you return to good health soon.
By the way the first time i was able to vote for a president was 1976 and I voted for Jerry. Of course it was the only time I ever voted republican since then because they just stopped making real republicans like him.
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