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On April 4, 1990, Ford was admitted to [[Eisenhower Medical Center]] for surgery to replace his left knee, orthopedic surgeon Robert Murphy saying, "Ford's entire left knee was replaced with an artificial joint, including portions of the adjacent femur, or thigh bone, and tibia, or leg bone."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/04/Ford-undergoes-knee-surgery/1726639201600/|title=Ford undergoes knee surgery|date=April 4, 1990|publisher=UPI|access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044301/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/04/Ford-undergoes-knee-surgery/1726639201600/|url-status=live}}</ref> | On April 4, 1990, Ford was admitted to [[Eisenhower Medical Center]] for surgery to replace his left knee, orthopedic surgeon Robert Murphy saying, "Ford's entire left knee was replaced with an artificial joint, including portions of the adjacent femur, or thigh bone, and tibia, or leg bone."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/04/Ford-undergoes-knee-surgery/1726639201600/|title=Ford undergoes knee surgery|date=April 4, 1990|publisher=UPI|access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044301/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/04/Ford-undergoes-knee-surgery/1726639201600/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Ford suffered two minor strokes at the [[2000 Republican National Convention]], but made a quick recovery after being admitted to [[Hahnemann University Hospital]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/863937.stm "Gerald Ford recovering after strokes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319012847/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/863937.stm |date=March 19, 2021 }}. ''[[BBC]]'', August 2, 2000. Retrieved December 31, 2006.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ayres |first=B. Drummond Jr. |date=August 3, 2000 |title=Hospitalized After Suffering a Stroke, Former President Ford Is Expected to Fully Recover |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/03/us/hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke-former-president-ford-expected-fully-recover.html |access-date=December 1, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202021510/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/03/us/hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke-former-president-ford-expected-fully-recover.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2006, he spent 11 days at the [[Eisenhower Medical Center]] near his residence at [[Rancho Mirage, California]], for treatment of [[pneumonia]].<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-16-ford-hospitalized_x.htm Former "President Ford, 92, hospitalized with pneumonia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501054710/http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-16-ford-hospitalized_x.htm |date=May 1, 2011 }}. '' | Ford suffered two minor strokes at the [[2000 Republican National Convention]], but made a quick recovery after being admitted to [[Hahnemann University Hospital]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/863937.stm "Gerald Ford recovering after strokes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319012847/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/863937.stm |date=March 19, 2021 }}. ''[[BBC]]'', August 2, 2000. Retrieved December 31, 2006.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ayres |first=B. Drummond Jr. |date=August 3, 2000 |title=Hospitalized After Suffering a Stroke, Former President Ford Is Expected to Fully Recover |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/03/us/hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke-former-president-ford-expected-fully-recover.html |access-date=December 1, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202021510/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/03/us/hospitalized-after-suffering-stroke-former-president-ford-expected-fully-recover.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2006, he spent 11 days at the [[Eisenhower Medical Center]] near his residence at [[Rancho Mirage, California]], for treatment of [[pneumonia]].<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-16-ford-hospitalized_x.htm Former "President Ford, 92, hospitalized with pneumonia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501054710/http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-16-ford-hospitalized_x.htm |date=May 1, 2011 }}. ''USA Today'', Associated Press, January 17, 2006. Retrieved October 19, 2007.</ref> On April 23, 2006, President George W. Bush visited Ford at his home in Rancho Mirage for a little over an hour. This was Ford's last public appearance and produced the last known public photos, video footage, and voice recording. | ||
While vacationing in [[Vail, Colorado]], Ford was hospitalized for two days in July 2006 for shortness of breath.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14043669 "Gerald Ford released from hospital"] . NBC News, Associated Press, July 26, 2006. Retrieved December 31, 2006.</ref> On August 15 he was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital of the [[Mayo Clinic]] in [[Rochester, Minnesota]], for testing and evaluation. On August 21, it was reported that he had been fitted with a [[artificial pacemaker|pacemaker]]. On August 25, he underwent an [[angioplasty]] procedure at the Mayo Clinic. On August 28, Ford was released from the hospital and returned with his wife Betty to their California home. On October 13, he was scheduled to attend the dedication of a building of his namesake, the [[Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy]] at the University of Michigan, but due to poor health and on the advice of his doctors he did not attend. The previous day, Ford had entered the Eisenhower Medical Center for undisclosed tests; he was released on October 16.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former President Gerald Ford Released from Hospital |work=Fox News |date=October 16, 2006 |access-date=September 3, 2009 |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221379,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429035745/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C221379%2C00.html |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By November 2006, he was confined to a bed in his study.<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/27/bn.01.html "Gerald Ford Dies At Age 93"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515201445/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/27/bn.01.html |date=May 15, 2008 }}. CNN Transcript December 26, 2006. Retrieved March 2, 2008.</ref> | While vacationing in [[Vail, Colorado]], Ford was hospitalized for two days in July 2006 for shortness of breath.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14043669 "Gerald Ford released from hospital"] . NBC News, Associated Press, July 26, 2006. Retrieved December 31, 2006.</ref> On August 15 he was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital of the [[Mayo Clinic]] in [[Rochester, Minnesota]], for testing and evaluation. On August 21, it was reported that he had been fitted with a [[artificial pacemaker|pacemaker]]. On August 25, he underwent an [[angioplasty]] procedure at the Mayo Clinic. On August 28, Ford was released from the hospital and returned with his wife Betty to their California home. On October 13, he was scheduled to attend the dedication of a building of his namesake, the [[Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy]] at the University of Michigan, but due to poor health and on the advice of his doctors he did not attend. The previous day, Ford had entered the Eisenhower Medical Center for undisclosed tests; he was released on October 16.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former President Gerald Ford Released from Hospital |work=Fox News |date=October 16, 2006 |access-date=September 3, 2009 |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221379,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429035745/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C221379%2C00.html |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By November 2006, he was confined to a bed in his study.<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/27/bn.01.html "Gerald Ford Dies At Age 93"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515201445/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/27/bn.01.html |date=May 15, 2008 }}. CNN Transcript December 26, 2006. Retrieved March 2, 2008.</ref> | ||