Former President George H W Bush Hospitalized

According to Fox news, former
President George H W Bush was taken
to a Houston hospital Tuesday
evening as a precaution after
experiencing shortness of breath.
A spokesman for Bush, 90, said he
will be held for observation at the
Houston Methodist Hospital as a
precaution.
But his chief of staff, Jean Becker,
said in an email that the former
president should be home in a few
days.
“It’s a hiccup,” she said.
Bush spent nearly two months in the
same hospital and was discharged in
January 2013 after treatment for a
bronchitis-related cough and other
health issues.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz
released a statement late Tuesday
saying that President Obama was
made aware of Bush’s hospitalization.
“President Obama and the First Lady
send their good wishes to the former
President and the entire Bush family
during this holiday season,” Schultz
said.
Bush most recently appeared seated
in a wheelchair at an event in
November at Texas A&M University
with his son, former President George
W. Bush. He also served as the coin
toss captain for the Houston Texans
during a Nov. 23 game that honored
the U.S. Armed Forces.
Bush, the 41st president, had served
two terms as Ronald Reagan’s vice
president when he was elected in
1988. Four years later, after a term
highlighted by the success of the
1991 Gulf War in Kuwait, he lost to
Democrat Bill Clinton amid voters’
concerns about the economy.
He was a naval aviator in World War II
— at one point the youngest in the
Navy — and was shot down over the
Pacific.
The elder Bush has skydived on at
least three of his birthdays since
leaving the White House. In June, he
celebrated his 90th birthday by
making a tandem parachute jump near
his summer home in Kennebunkport,
Maine. During the winter, Bush and
his wife, Barbara, live in Houston.
Bush, also a former U.S. ambassador
to China and CIA director, suffers
from a form of Parkinson’s disease
that has forced him in recent years to
use a motorized scooter or wheelchair
for mobility.