Christian Web News - Will Graham gave a quick rundown of his grandfather's health and general condition at the Wednesday Media event at the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove.
“He's 90 — I think that's about the best way to describe it,” said Will Graham, 34, who works at the Cove as assistant director. “He has good days and bad days.”
He noted that the evangelist still suffers from hydrocephalus, sometimes called water on the brain, and that it still causes tremors and other problems.
“Please do not report that he's got syphilis,” Graham joked.
Doctors are now allowed to treat the condition more easily due to a relatively new programmable electronic shunt, which drains fluid off Graham's brain. Once the fluid is removed, Graham's condition usually improves markedly.
Will Graham said he was amazed at the improvement when he visited Billy Graham about two weeks ago.
“It looked like he got two years of his life back,” Will Graham said, adding that the elder Graham, who lives in Montreat, was so talkative that day he didn't want Will to leave and inquired about his life. “He wants to know what God's doing in my life,” Will Graham said.
Billy Graham is also hard of hearing and does very few, if any, public appearances or interviews. His last crusade was conducted in 2005 in New York City, although he did preach at his son Franklin Graham's Festival in New Orleans in 2006.
On another note, Will Graham said one of his aunts gave Billy Graham a cat for his 90th birthday on Nov. 7. A dog lover, Graham was less than enthused, but he's taken to the feline.
Will Graham said he visited with his grandfather Sunday, and the cat kept biting Billy's hands.
“He said, ‘That's OK — it lets me know I'm still alive,'” Will Graham said
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