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    Transcript: Sunday Update On Trump's Health From His Doctors

    The president's medical team gave a briefing from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, saying Trump is being treated for dips in oxygen but is doing well Sunday morning.
    by NPR Staff Oct 04, 2020 6 minutes
    White House chief of staff Mark Meadows holds the door for White House physician Dr. Sean Conley (center) and other members of the president's medical team ahead of a briefing for reporters on Sunday.

    President Trump's medical team held a briefing with reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center again on Sunday.

    The doctors said that since testing positive for the coronavirus, Trump has had two episodes of a drop in oxygen — one Friday morning before he went to the hospital and again on Saturday — and began a steroid treatment for that specifically.

    They also said that he is doing well and could return to the White House as soon as Monday. Trump said in a video message Saturday night that he had made the decision to go to Walter Reed's presidential suite rather than being "locked up" at the White House.

    Sunday's update follows a Saturday briefing that caused confusion over the timeline of the president's treatment. White House physician Sean Conley said Sunday that his attempt to evade questions Saturday about the president's oxygen levels were not meant to hide information but that he was trying to project optimism.

    Read a full transcript of Sunday's remarks below.

    CONLEY: Good morning, everyone. Since we spoke last,

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