Patrick Manning is sitting up, eating solids and speaking.
That's the latest update on the condition of the former Prime Minister and MP for San Fernando East, who is recovering at the San Fernando General Hospital from a stoke he suffered on Monday evening.
Doctors moved Manning out of the Intensive care Unit Wednesday.
Manning's wife, Hazel, and his sister, Dr Petronella Manning-Alleyne, gave reporters at update.
That's the latest update on the condition of the former Prime Minister and MP for San Fernando East, who is recovering at the San Fernando General Hospital from a stoke he suffered on Monday evening.
Doctors moved Manning out of the Intensive care Unit Wednesday.
Manning's wife, Hazel, and his sister, Dr Petronella Manning-Alleyne, gave reporters at update.
Dr Manning-Alleyne said, "He sat up on his own, he spoke, he asked to go home. The doctors had to convince him he should not go home and he asked them to give him a sense of what was happening to him and his development."
She added that his doctors explain that his condition is improving and that if he continues to recover along that line "he should be up and ready to walk, talk and do what he normally does" in three to six months.
She also said he advised her brother to take care of himself before worrying about national issues.
Mrs Manning told the media it has a difficult time for the family. And she thanked everyone who have called and expressed concern and support, including President Max Richards, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, other government leaders and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley.
The former Education Minister also praised Dr Kanta Ramcharan and the medical team that has been looking after Manning. She said the doctors had been visiting him almost every hour. She singled out one nurse who stayed on the job for 16 hours to ensure her husband was okay.
In a related development, Manning long time friend Ralph Gonzalves arrives in Trinidad Friday to visit Manning.
The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been friends with Manning since their university days in Jamaica.
"All I want him to do is see my eyes and I see his," Gonzalves told the Guardian newspaper. He added, “We keep in touch all the time. He is my real brother. We go way back. I want him to come up and spend some time with me.”
Gonzalves said he wants to give some moral support to Manning’s wife, Hazel, and his sons.
Grenada's Prime Minister Tillman Thomas told the paper the people of Grenada are praying for Manning.
She added that his doctors explain that his condition is improving and that if he continues to recover along that line "he should be up and ready to walk, talk and do what he normally does" in three to six months.
She also said he advised her brother to take care of himself before worrying about national issues.
Mrs Manning told the media it has a difficult time for the family. And she thanked everyone who have called and expressed concern and support, including President Max Richards, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, other government leaders and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley.
The former Education Minister also praised Dr Kanta Ramcharan and the medical team that has been looking after Manning. She said the doctors had been visiting him almost every hour. She singled out one nurse who stayed on the job for 16 hours to ensure her husband was okay.
In a related development, Manning long time friend Ralph Gonzalves arrives in Trinidad Friday to visit Manning.
The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been friends with Manning since their university days in Jamaica.
"All I want him to do is see my eyes and I see his," Gonzalves told the Guardian newspaper. He added, “We keep in touch all the time. He is my real brother. We go way back. I want him to come up and spend some time with me.”
Gonzalves said he wants to give some moral support to Manning’s wife, Hazel, and his sons.
Grenada's Prime Minister Tillman Thomas told the paper the people of Grenada are praying for Manning.
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