Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-10
Eisenhower Facing
Long Recovery Period
Continued From First Pal

Continued From First Pag,
may be doing . year from now
Is unanswerable."
Impossible to Predict
He explained that 1t Is i'm
possible to say now whether the
president would be physically
able to run again. He added that
when he replied "oh yes" to
similar question two weeks ago
Inc meant it might be possible Il
1.-THE President made o good re-
lcovery. In any event. Mr.. Essen
mowers friends believe he viii
Irule out q second term.
DR.. White told q questionel
THAT the President is mot l0t
lper cent" out Of danger yet. al
Though 1t IS very rare for com.
lplications to occur in such case'
latter the first two-week recovery
period through which he passed
safely Saturday.
The tentative schedule he out.
lined for the Presidents activity
during the next few weeks-ant
Ihe repeatedly emphasized that Il
Twas tentative by saying I'VE arr
mot going to be pinned to this
land I'VE are making no plant
beyond Observation-Disclosures .
slower recovery than he outlined
1.-TWO weeks ago as the average
In q news conference here or
September 26. after he first ex'
lamined Mr.. Eisenhower. DR.
/ White said that "as q rule" II
such cases Eat the end Of two
months or so you are back t.
normal activity again" This hai
Indicated the President might ex'
Ipect to be back at his desk before
December /.
Long Conyalescence Due
Yesterday. he said it often Il
lwell to continue convalescenc'
Into the third month after {
coronary thrombosis and tina
some patients do not get back Il
normal activity until the NTH o.
sixth month.
He was reluctant to predic'
when MIR. Eisenhower might b
hack at his desk in the Whitt
House. but finally said Eyes.
think So" when a reporter asket
liz 1t would be CLOSE to the frs
l. of the year"
Asked If the longer GONZALES
cence now anticipated mean
THAT the President Is not gettinl
along as well as hoped for, DR.
white said I'VE are just playing
lit safe"
1 Asks to Avoid Rush
| He said Mr.. Eisenhower "grace
fully" accepted the program lait
lout as a trough guide" for tn,
next few weeks and asked u
mot to rush treatment" He add
led that the President wanted Il
|be able to walk away when h
left the hospital and "doesn'
want to be carried onto plan
'Ieven II by so doing he might &c
AWAY from here earlier"
The most somber note in d.
Whites discussion Of the Pres
Iident's condition came when h
,Ispoke Of the slow healing Of tn
damaged part Of the heart, bu
The did not seem unduly con
lcerned about that. He replies
Il''no" when asked II that wa
1.-THE reason for keeping him II
1.-THE hospital another four weeks
Healing Is Slow
/ This was what he had to 50.
labout the slow healing process
"The electro-cardiogram show
AS already stated during tn
Ipast week--a slow evolution o
1.-The so-called pattern =. Of heal
ling Of the heart muscle scar.
/ Nov sometimes the evolution
Iof the electro-cardiogram in tn
healing Of a scar like this Is fast
often it is average in speed. ant
often 1t is slow. We don't knov
the reason, often. why this hap
pens.
4 And in his case 1t is slow
But the healing is going on. An,
there is progressive evidence o
that in the electro-cardiogran
each day."
| No symptoms Of Trouble
| All other signs were Favorable
in DR.. Whites examination o
the President. he indicated. III
has had no symptoms or feeling
LOT trouble for q good many day
now the specialist said.
| An important good sign. h
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