TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager expressed confidence that her grandfather, former President George H.W. Bush, will recover just fine from a fall that caused him to break a bone his neck.
Jenna Bush Hager: George H.W. Bush can manage neck injury
July 16, 201500:16"He's doing okay," she said Thursday on TODAY. "He’s not the typical 91-year-old. He jumped out of a plane, so I think he can manage a minor neck injury."
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The former president, who uses a wheelchair because he has a form of Parkinson's disease, broke the bone in a fall Wednesday at his Maine summer home.
Earlier Thursday, Jenna sent out a tweet thanking everyone for all the prayers and well wishes her family had received, saying they expected her grandfather to "heal well."
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July 16, 201501:23The night before, Bush's spokesman Jim McGrath tweeted that the former president was stable, but will be sporting a neck brace following the accident.
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