The Nation - News from Sept. 11, 1989

Former President Ronald Reagan was up and taking walks around St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minn., as he rapidly recovered from surgery to remove fluid from the surface of his brain, his spokesman said. “The team of Mayo Clinic physicians and nurses managing President Reagan’s care . . . report that he continues to make an excellent recovery,” spokesman Mark Weinberg reported. Reagan, 78, had a restful night, Weinberg said. After breakfast, he read several newspapers and visited with his brother-in-law, Dr. Richard Davis, then had lunch with his wife, Nancy.