Posted on 08/12/2002 11:26:44 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Ronald Reagan's condition is worsening and his friends have told the New York Daily News that he "is steadily slipping in his terminal battle with Alzheimer's disease."
"He's bedridden and helpless," his son, famed radio talk show host Michael told NewsMax.com recently. According to the News, the 91-year-old beloved former president's mental deterioration has increased over the past months. "He no longer knows who Nancy is," one source, referring to Reagan's wife of 50 years, told the News. "Some days he seems to recognize her as someone who's familiar, but most of the time she's just a blank to him." "He's becoming more difficult to deal with," a source close to the family confided to the News. "Both his physical and his mental problems have gotten worse."
The News said that a former Reagan aide confirmed the sad news which was revealed even as an old Reagan friend, Charlton Heston was revealing that he too suffers from the early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
"Our family knows all too well the cruelty of this disease, and we pray that God will give the Heston family, especially [Heston's wife] Lydia, . . . the strength to face each day that lies ahead," Nancy Reagan said in a statement released to the media.
God Bless Ronald Reagan, and God Bless the United States of America
President Reagan giving Campaign speech in Austin, Texas. 7/26/84
President Reagan at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Endicott, New York. 9/12/84
President Reagan at Rancho Cel Cielo. 4/8/85
President Reagan at Rancho Del Cielo, 7/3/83
President Reagan salutes an Air Force cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy Commencement in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 5/30/84
President and Mrs. Reagan dancing at one of the Inaugural Balls. 1/21/85
President Reagan and Mrs. Reagan together in Bethesda Naval Hospital. 9/20/85
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