Elizabeth Taylor, Hospitalized With Pneumonia, in Stable Condition
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, hospitalized with pneumonia, was listed as stable Thursday at St. John's Hospital and Health Center, her publicist said. ``She's stable. She's OK. We have nothing else,'' said Lisa Del Favaro, a Taylor spokeswoman with Chen Sam and Associates public relations in New York City. Inquiries to the hospital were referred to Chen Sam. Miss Taylor, 58, hospitalized with a sinus infection April 9 at Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital, was transferred to St. John's on Monday because of a persistent fever and pneumonia. ``She is currently being treated intravenously with antibiotics and will remain hospitalized,'' Dr. Patricia Murray, an infectious disease specialist treating Miss Taylor, said in a statement Tuesday. Miss Taylor said in the statement: ``I have been advised by my physician to remain hospitalized and I expect to make a full recovery.'' The actress had a nearly fatal bout of pneumonia in 1961, the year she won an Oscar for ``Butterfield 8.'' Doctors performed a tracheotomy _ inserting an air tube in her windpipe at the neck _ to help her breathe. Miss Taylor's health problems started with a fall from a horse when she was 13 and filming the movie ``National Velvet.'' She has had back problems ever since. In 1983, she acknowledged a 35-year addiction to sleeping pills and pain killers prescribed for a wide range of health problems. Miss Taylor has been treated for alcohol and drug abuse at the Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage.
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