{ Former president George H. W. Bush greeted Christmas Day Thursday in a Texas hospital, where he remained for a second night after experiencing breathing problems.}<\/p>\n
Bush, 90, was admitted late Tuesday to Houston Methodist Hospital and was spending another night there as a “precaution,” his spokesman Jim McGrath said.<\/p>\n
“President Bush had a good day and his prognosis remains positive,” McGrath said in a statement late Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“He will remain at the Houston Methodist Hospital tonight as a precaution.” <\/p>\n
The 41st US president and the oldest of the four living former US presidents, Bush, who is wheelchair-bound, has seemed frail in recent public appearances.<\/p>\n
He was previously treated at Houston Methodist in November 2012 for bronchitis, and ended up spending nearly two months as a patient there.<\/p>\n
The former president’s wife, Barbara Bush, nearly one year ago was admitted to the same Houston hospital where he is being treated. <\/p>\n
Suffering from pneumonia, the former first lady was released from the hospital in January of this year.<\/p>\n
Bush, patriarch of one of America’s most prominent political dynasties, is father to former US president George W. Bush.<\/p>\n
Another son, Jeb, just last week announced that he was laying the foundation for his own 2016 White House bid.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2014 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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