Former
President George H.W. Bush spends Christmas in hospital
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[December 26, 2014]
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President
George H.W. Bush remained hospitalized on Thursday near his home in
Houston after experiencing shortness of breath this week, and was in
"great spirits," his spokesman said.
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Bush, 90, was taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist Hospital on
Tuesday. Spokesman Jim McGrath said on Wednesday that the 41st
president's prognosis was positive and that he remained hospitalized
as a precaution.
"President Bush had another terrific day and is in great spirits,"
McGrath said on Thursday in an emailed statement.
Bush's wife, Barbara, as well as son Neil and daughter-in-law Maria
Bush visited the former president, McGrath said.
"He asked that his sincere wishes for a very Merry Christmas be
extended to one and all," McGrath said, adding that Bush will remain
at the hospital Thursday evening.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2014/Dec/26/images/ads/current/bonanzasteak_sda_112014.png) The latest health scare comes two years after Bush, who was
president from 1989 to 1993, was admitted to the same hospital for
treatment of bronchitis and related ailments.
Bush spent seven weeks recuperating and became so ill he was
believed at one point to be near death.
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The former Republican president suffers from Parkinson's disease and
cannot use his legs. But he celebrated his 90th birthday on June 12
by skydiving in Kennebunkport, Maine, with the Army's Golden Knight
parachute team.
His eldest son, former President George W. Bush, this year published
a best-selling book about his father, titled "41 - A Portrait of My
Father."
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere in Seattle and Ian Simpson in
Washington; Editing by Dan Grebler and Eric Walsh)
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