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Billy Graham hospitalized
Posted: 08.12.2012 at 1:35 PM
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Rev. Billy Graham hospitalized.  / BGEA
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COLUMBIA (WACH) -- The Reverend Billy Graham was admitted to Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC overnight Sunday.

The 93-year-old evangelist was reported to be alert and in good spirits upon admission according to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's website.

Graham is being evaluated and treated for possible bronchitis at the hospital near his home in Montreat.

Doctors say he is being given anitbiotics and his condition is stable.

Graham was treated for pneumonia in November, 2011.

No word yet on when Reverend Graham will be discharged from the hospital.

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