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December 2, 2008 10:32:28 AM CST



Billy Graham Stable After Brain Surgery

Posted Feb 14, 08 8:51 AM CST in US 

(Newser) – Evangelist Billy Graham was alert following brain surgery yesterday to replace a tube that helps drain excess fluid from his head, his doctor told AP. "He was bright and alert and conscious immediately after surgery and called me by name," said the surgeon. The hospital lists the 89-year-old in fair condition.

Graham's new shunt helps relieve his hydrocephalus, a condition in which fluid builds up around the brain and causes pressure and symptoms similar to those of Parkinson's disease. The previous tube, inserted in 2000, was no longer draining properly. This is the latest of many health concerns for the popular preacher, whose wife died last June.

Source Associated Press

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Billy Graham preaching at Madison Square Garden in 1957. The 89-year-old evangelist just underwent surgery to replace a shunt in his brain.   (Magnum Photos)
Evangelist Billy Graham pauses while delivering a sermon during the Metro Maryland Festival in this July 9, 2006 file photo in Baltimore. Graham is alert after surgery to replace a shunt in his brain,...   (Associated Press)
Evangelist Billy Graham addresses the crowd during the dedication for the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., in this 2007 file photo. Graham is in fair condition at a North Carolina hospital after...   (Associated Press)
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