again on tuesday. that s when he checked in initially, feeling unwell when he and secretary clinton were here in southern california for a private event for their foundation, jim? all right, we re glad he s out of the hospital, but we know that he s got some time to recover from all of this. natasha chen, thanks so much. with us now is dr. jonathan reiner, professor and medical physician at george washington university. sepsis is as serious as it gets. bill clinton is 75 years old. he is not the spring chicken that he was when he was president of the united states. he s undergone quadruple bypass surgery to his heart. that happened in 2004. he s had two stents inserted to open an artery in 2010. when you see him walking out of the hospital, considering that medical history, how serious was this? are you concerned? i think he s lucky to leave the hospital.
thinking about president clinton today and sending him good wishes and speedy recovery. he s always been the comeback kid and getting out of the hospital, everything is going well but he wanted to send his best. reporter: the 75-year-old former president resides in new york but he was in southern california this week visiting some friends ahead of an event nor the nonprofit clinton foundation on thursday when he started feeling fatigued. he was admitted to the intensive care unit on tuesday with urinary tract infection that spread into his blood stream but clinton s reps are playing it down saying he s in the icu to provide the former president more privacy, not because of his medical condition and they want today make it very clear he does not have covid. now, the former president has had some heart issues in the past, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery but doctors say this medical scare has nothing to do with his heart. they say he s in good spirits and responding well to
hospital. but i am told a more formal update is likely to come later today, like the one we saw yesterday, both from the former president s team and from his doctors who describe his current condition but all indications so far is that his health indicators are trending in the right direction. they re encouraged by that, that he s on the mend, and could be released as early as the next 24 hours or so, alex. and you know, we should say, doctors are erring on the side of caution. not only is the former president 75 years old. he has certainly a history of heart problems. he s had a stint put in to one of his arteries there. he s also had a quadruple bypass surgery, so they are not going to let him go until they are giving him the 100% all clear. you make a very good point, if these antibiotics that he s getting, monica, are being administered intravenously, you got to stay in the hospital. there s no way. that s not going to be done in pill form. that s the way it is. so, thank you for
clinton had quadruple bypass surgery in 2004 and six months later had surgery to remove scar tissue and fluid from his chest cavity. he also had two stents put in in 2010. so, a source close to the president told nbc news this urological infection morphed into a broader one. he s spending the fourth night in the hospital as mentioned but all accounts suggest the prognosis is good. how serious was this or how serious could this have been? what we re hearing is that the president is somebody who had a urologic infection that then spread to his blood. any time that happens, anyone of any age, that s a serious condition when you have bacteria in your bloodstream, that means prompt action by iv fluids,
he s doing fine. he really is. and he s going to be released from the hospital. we talked about which we were going to do before, getting together. i haven t seen him in a while, asked him to come over and have some lunch and talk. he was very encouraging about why he thought the policies i was pursuing made sense, but we didn t get into much detail, except it was mainly to see how he s doing. the 75-year-old former president resides in new york, but was in southern california this week visiting friends ahead of an event for the nonprofit clinton foundation on thursday, when he started feeling fatigued. he was admitted to the intensive care unit on tuesday, with a urinary tract infection that spread into his bloodstream. antibiotics have helped reduce his white blood cell count, and he s reportedly in the icu because it gives him more privacy, not necessarily because of his medical condition. the former president has had some issues with his heart in the past. he underwent quadru