This storyline is all horseshit and they know it and they'll play that "last month's recuperation" until people finally realize, IN MY OPINION, that he's an illegal Kenyan Muslim, his 'wife' is also a fraud and that his entire presidency was a fraud and everything signed by him is illegal, period.
They’ve certainly given up parenting their kids. Is ValJar the designated caretaker of Sasha while Malia romps around NYC. I guess they no longer need the kids as props.