ROCHESTER, Minn. — Evangelist Billy Graham has been hospitalized at Mayo clinic and is being treated to relieve a buildup of fluid around his brain.
Graham, 81, entered the hospital in Rochester, Minn., “at least a week” ago, his spokesman A. Larry Ross said June 20. He said the evangelist is stable and his condition is ot life-threatening. Ross said Graham was “very exhausted” after leading a crusade June 1–4 in Nashville, Tenn.
“He was very strong there, preached powerfully each night but was extremely fatigued,” Ross told Religion News Service. “When he was done with that, the doctors encouraged him to get rest and restrict his schedule in order to prepare for Amsterdam.”
Graham plans to lead an international conference for evangelists in the Netherlands July 29–Aug. 6. About 10,000 evangelists are expected to attend.
Ross called the fluid buildup around Graham’s brain a “recent development.”
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