Donald Trump’s oxygen levels dropped and he has been treated with steroids, doctors say
- If everything goes well, White House physician says they will start discharge plans
- A pale Trump took to video on Saturday evening saying he was starting to feel well but ‘we’ll have to see what happens the next few days’
US President Donald Trump remained in a military hospital on Sunday for a third day amid conflicting reports about his condition even as doctors reported steady progress adding that he could be released as soon as Monday.
In a late morning press conference, White House doctor Sean Conley said Trump had not had a fever for two days. “If everything continues to go well, we're going to start discharge plans back to the White House,” Conley added.
Doctors added that Trump was on the second day of a planned five-day course of Remdesivir, an antiviral medicine, and is being treated with the powerful steroid dexamethasone amid indications that his lungs may have suffered some damage.
But they also indicated that his condition has been more serious than they let on after a memo from Conley on Saturday night had noted that the president “is not yet out of the woods”.
Doctors said Trump received supplemental oxygen on Saturday, which had not been previously disclosed; that his blood oxygen level dropped twice in recent days into the low 90s before returning to a healthy 99 per cent level; and that all kidney, liver and heart functions appeared normal.