Bill Clinton was released from the hospital the day after he developed a fever.
The former US president, 78, was diagnosed with the flu and treated for his symptoms at a hospital in Washington DC before being discharged on Tuesday, December 24, Clinton’s deputy chief of staff Angel Ureña shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) .
“…His family is deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and is touched by the kind messages and well wishes he has received,” Ureña continued. “Sending everyone the warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season.”
A day earlier, Ureña shared on Xu that Clinton had been admitted for “testing and observation” but remained in “good spirits.”
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The source also told NBC News that the current situation is “not an emergency.” The insider continued: “The former president will be fine. He developed a fever and wanted to be checked out. He is awake and alert.”
Clinton will be home for Christmas, though it’s unclear how that would affect his annual holiday tradition of visiting his daughter Chelsea’s family, including her three children — Charlotte, 8, Aidan, 6, and Jasper, 3 — with wife Hilary Clinton.
“Hillary says I’ve always been our family’s Christmas elf,” he said in 2021.
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“We always go down on Christmas Eve, spend the night and spend Christmas with them,” he continued. “And I think it’s the right thing to do, intergenerationally. And then we usually go to the train exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. That’s great.”
He also shared in an interview on Living with Kelly and Mark that he accepted the nickname “pop-pop”, which is passed down from generation to generation in their family.
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“That’s what Chelsea called Hillary’s dad. And you know, we have a great time together. It’s a good job,” Kelly told Ripa and Mark Consuelos in November.
“Would you say that’s the number one most powerful position in the household? Being the pop-pop of the family?” Ripa asked.
“It depends on what day it is. Some days it’s the least powerful,” he joked. “But it has the longest cool list.”
This is not the first time that the 42nd president has been hospitalized. He previously had a quadruple heart bypass in 2004, and had another procedure where two stents were added to his heart in 2010, according to CNN. He was also hospitalized for a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream in 2021, according to the outlet.
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