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Nancy Reagan recuperating in hospital after fall

Former first lady Nancy Reagan was hospitalized after falling in her home in Bel-Air, but is doing well, her spokeswoman said.

Reagan, 86, was taken to St John's Health Center, where doctors determined she did not break a hip on Sunday as initially feared, spokeswoman Joanne Drake said.

Drake said Reagan was doing well and would be staying the night in the same room where former president Ronald Reagan stayed after he broke his hip at home in 2001. He died on June 5, 2004, after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. The two were married for 52 years.

Reagan's family physician recommended the overnight stay "as a precaution," Drake said.

"She's joking and visiting in her room," Drake said.

A message left for a hospital spokesman on Sunday night was not immediately returned.

Nancy Reagan's last major public appearance was on Jan. 30 at the Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, where she sat with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

She did not attend a 97th birthday celebration held for her late husband at the library on Feb. 6.
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