Ex-President George H.W. Bush to stay hospitalized

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush will remain overnight Wednesday in a Houston hospital where he was taken after experiencing shortness of breath, a family spokesman said.

The 90-year-old Bush had been taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist Hospital on Tuesday evening as a precaution, spokesman Jim McGrath said. Bush had a "good day" and his prognosis "remains positive," McGrath said in an email late on Wednesday.

Bush spent Christmas 2012 in intensive care at the same hospital while being treated for a bronchitis-related cough and other issues. He was discharged in January 2013, after nearly two months in the hospital.

It was not immediately clear if Bush, who is the oldest living former president, would be able to spend this Christmas at home.

FULL story at link.



FILE - In this Thursday, May 11, 1989, file photo, President George H.W. Bush briefs reporters at the White House in Washington. Former President George H.W. Bush was taken to a Houston hospital after experiencing a shortness of breath on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)

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[FarPoint]

1. For some strange reason, I recall him being hospitalized previously during a Holiday....

Can't quite put it all together, maybe a few years ago???? Anyone else recall?

[Brother Buzz]

2. Just as the OP states:

Bush spent Christmas 2012 in intensive care at the same hospital while being treated for a bronchitis-related cough and other issues. He was discharged in January 2013, after nearly two months in the hospital.


I think he may have had another trip to the hospital in the last year that could have be categorized as precautionary.

[FarPoint]

6. Hahahaha..

I guess I should of read on a bit more...I'm in Holiday reading mode.. Well, anyways, thank you for the clarification. Happy Holidays.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

12. You should HAVE read....

The grammar Nazis never take a holiday!

[Hoppy]

3. Shortness of breath. That's what my uncle died of.

[branford]

4. He's 90. I hope I'm as spry at his age.

Nevertheless, despite the fact we may disagree on virtually everything, I wish him a complete and speedy recovery.

[GGJohn]

5. Ditto. eom.

[LiberalElite]

8. I do like

his habit of wearing bright (garish?) socks...

[heaven05]

7. just put

a new heart in him, like cheney, he'll live for another hundred years....

[truthisfreedom]

9. Nothing like pretty nurses for the holidays!

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. As a Bush he certainly had his faults, but millions of Americans still applaud him for this:

(And, yes, I know many people brought this to fruition, not he alone)

Signing the ADA into law July 26, 1990




So, I for one wish him well.

(May he live long enough to see his son on trial for war crimes)

[father founding]

11. wheeze

Guess he got bushed.