NEW YORK, Oct 04 (New York Times): President Donald Trump's vital signs Saturday were concerning as doctors mounted an aggressive effort to treat him and he was not out of danger, a person close to the situation said, even as the coronavirus infected an ever-widening swath of the president's aides and allies.
While doctors maintained during a televised briefing that Trump was "doing very well" after a night at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, they refused to provide critical details and left open the impression that the president was known to be sick a day earlier than previously reported.
Shortly after the upbeat briefing by the doctors, a person familiar with the president's health gave a more sober assessment to reporters at Walter Reed on the condition of anonymity.
"The president's vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning, and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care," this person said. "We're still not on a clear path to a full recovery."
Two people close to the White House said in separate interviews with The New York Times that the president had trouble breathing Friday and that his oxygen level dropped, prompting his doctors to give him supplemental oxygen while at the White House and decide to transfer him to Walter Reed where he could be monitored with better equipment and treated more rapidly in case of trouble.
Dr. Sean P. Conley, the White House physician, told reporters outside Walter Reed that the president was not currently on supplemental oxygen Saturday but repeatedly declined to say definitively whether he had ever been on oxygen.
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