Former president Jimmy Carter, 95, is hospitalized in Atlanta for surgery to relieve pressure on his brain after a series of recent falls

Former US president Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized on Monday for a procedure to relieve brain pressure after recent falls, The Carter Center said.
The 95-year-old 'was admitted to Emory University Hospital this evening for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to his recent falls,' The Carter Center said in a statement, adding that the procedure would take place on Tuesday morning.
'President Carter is resting comfortably, and his wife, Rosalynn, is with him,' it said.
He was hospitalized for treatment after suffering a fractured pelvis due to a fall in October.
Carter also injured his head in a fall earlier in the month, but turned up the next day to volunteer at a Habitat for Humanity site with a black eye and a bandage covering 14 stitches.
Former US president Jimmy Carter was hospitalized for treatment after suffering a fractured pelvis due to a fall in October. Carter was hospitalized on October 21 after breaking his pelvis during a fall at his home in Georgia just weeks after a similar accident (above) left him with heavy facial bruising and 14 stitches. Pictured on October 7
Former US president Jimmy Carter was hospitalized for treatment after suffering a fractured pelvis due to a fall in October. Carter was hospitalized on October 21 after breaking his pelvis during a fall at his home in Georgia just weeks after a similar accident (above) left him with heavy facial bruising and 14 stitches. Pictured on October 7
Carter is the country's oldest living president.
The procedure to relieve pressure on his brain is scheduled for Tuesday morning, the Carter Center said, adding that he was 'resting comfortably,' and that his wife, Rosalynn, 92, was with him.
Carter, a Democrat, was the 39th president of the United States, serving one term from 1977 until 1981. 
He was defeated in his re-election bid by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Carter, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his humanitarian work, has lived longer after leaving the White House than any former president in U.S. history. 
Last week, Carter reflected on his own mortality after suffering a broken pelvis when he fell in his home on October 21.
The 39th president taught a Bible lesson on life after death at a church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he has lived since leaving office in 1981.
Using a walker, the 95-year-old Democrat slowly entered the crowded sanctuary at Maranatha Baptist Church. 
'Morning, everybody,' he said cheerfully.
With help, Carter sat on a motorized lift chair at the front of the room to teach a 45-minute lesson based on the Old Testament book of Job.
Referring to a cancer diagnosis that resulted in the removal of part of his liver in 2015, Carter said he was is 'at ease' with the idea of dying and believes in life after death. 
More than 400 people were on hand in the main hall and smaller, overflow rooms where the lesson was shown on television.
Rev. Tony Lowden said Secret Service agents, relatives and fellow church members all discouraged Carter from teaching because of the injury, but he insisted. 
'He is pouring out that you might see Christ while he is suffering,' Lowden told the crowd.
Carter remained for the worship service after teaching, sitting in a pew beside his wife, Rosalynn, and singing hymns with the congregation.
Referring to the former president and Jesus Christ by their initials, Lowden gave thanks for Carter in prayer.
'The greatest thing I've learned as a pastor here is watching J.C. follow J.C.,' Lowden said.
Carter said: 'I assumed, naturally, that I was going to die very quickly,' he said of his 2015 cancer diagnosis. 
'I obviously prayed about it. I didn't ask God to let me live, but I asked God to give me a proper attitude toward death. And I found that I was absolutely and completely at ease with death.'
'It didn't really matter to me whether I died or lived. Except I was going to miss my family, and miss the work at the Carter Center and miss teaching your Sunday school service sometimes and so forth. All those delightful things,' he said. 
'I said a prayer about it I didn't ask God to let me live, I found that I was absolutely and completely at ease with death,' he added. 
The fall at his home on October 21st was the second time in recent weeks that the nation's oldest living former president suffered an accident. 
A previous fall on October 6 left Carter with 14 stitches above his brow and bruising around his left eye. 
Despite that, he still showed up to help build a home with Habitat for Humanity the next day in Nashville, Tennessee. 
He used a cane when he rallied volunteers that morning.
He told the crowd of volunteers that despite going to hospital, 'I had a number one priority and that was to come to Nashville and build houses'. 
He survived a dire cancer diagnosis in 2015 and surpassed George H.W. Bush as the longest-lived U.S. president in history this spring. 
Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981, also broke his hip back in May after falling in his home.    

Former president Jimmy Carter, 95, is hospitalized in Atlanta for surgery to relieve pressure on his brain after a series of recent falls Former president Jimmy Carter, 95, is hospitalized in Atlanta for surgery to relieve pressure on his brain after a series of recent falls Reviewed by CUZZ BLUE on November 12, 2019 Rating: 5

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