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Bush, 90, was taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist
Hospital on Tuesday night and admitted for observation after
experiencing breathing difficulties earlier that evening,
according to his spokesman, Jim McGrath.
There has been no word on whether the nation's 41st president is
suffering from any particular ailment. McGrath said on Wednesday
that Bush's prognosis was positive and that he was being kept
hospitalized as a precaution.
On Thursday, Bush received a Christmas Day visit from his wife,
Barbara, as well as his son Neil and daughter-in-law, Maria
Bush, and was described as being in "great spirits."
"President Bush remains in high spirits and continues to make
progress, but he will remain at the Houston Methodist Hospital
this evening," McGrath said in an updated message on Friday.
Bush, who was president from 1989 to 1993, was admitted to the
same hospital in November 2012 for treatment of bronchitis and
related ailments. He was so ill at one point that he was
believed to be near death but ultimately recuperated and was
allowed to go home after seven weeks.
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 near 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."
(Writing by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Sandra
Maler)
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