Paterno returns home from hospital

Joe Paterno was taken by ambulance to Mount Nittany Medical Center at 10:30 a.m. Thursday where he was treated for dehydration, said Guido D'Elia, spokesman for Penn State Football.

The 81-year-old Penn State football coach returned home with his wife about 6 p.m., after a day of medical tests to ensure there was no other problem.

The trip to the hospital came after Paterno complained of nausea, weakness and fatigue, D’Elia said.

“He was dehydrated,” Paterno’s wife, Sue, said after they returned home Thursday evening. “Now he’s fine. He’s home.”

Paterno was never admitted to the hospital, and spent the afternoon “tapping his fingers, waiting to get out,” D’Elia said.

Paterno is scheduled to travel Austin, Texas tomorrow to give the keynote speech at a dinner honoring University of Texas football Coach Mack Brown. D’Elia said at 2 p.m. that he still expects to make the trip, and a University of Texas spokesman said at 6 p.m. that they had not heard otherwise.