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The details shared by his team underline how serious it was: a urological infection that entered his bloodstream, sepsis without tipping into full septic shock. Stabilised vitals, normalised white blood cell counts, and a quiet flight home to New York to finish antibiotics. Yet his most urgent message isn’t about himself. It’s the warning to pay attention to our own bodies, to stop ignoring the whispers before they become alarms. In that plea, the former president sounds less like a survivor boasting of resilience, and more like a man who knows how close he came to running out of time.