{"id":98913,"date":"2017-04-18T22:03:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T02:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=98913"},"modified":"2017-04-18T22:03:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T02:03:54","slug":"former-president-george-h-w-bush-hospitalized-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/18\/former-president-george-h-w-bush-hospitalized-in-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President George H.W. Bush hospitalized in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_98916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98916\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/George-H.W.-Bush.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98916\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/George-H.W.-Bush.png\" alt=\"Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for four days with a recurrence of a case of pneumonia he had earlier in the year, a family spokesman said Tuesday. (Photo: Opus Penguin\/Flickr)\" width=\"235\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/George-H.W.-Bush.png 235w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/George-H.W.-Bush-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for four days with a recurrence of a case of pneumonia he had earlier in the year, a family spokesman said Tuesday. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8905239@N05\/6172972931\/\"> Opus Penguin\/Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for four days with a recurrence of a case of pneumonia he had earlier in the year, a family spokesman said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 92-year-old former president and father of former president George W. Bush has been in Methodist Hospital in Houston since Friday for observation because of a persistent cough, Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said in a brief statement. He said doctors diagnosed a mild case of pneumonia that has been treated and resolved.<\/p>\n<p>The former president \u201cis in very good spirits and is being held for further observation while he regains his strength,\u201d McGrath said.<\/p>\n<p>Bush, who served as president from 1989 to 1993, had spent 16 days in the hospital for treatment of pneumonia in January.<\/p>\n<p>He was hospitalized in 2015 in Maine after falling at his summer home and breaking a bone in his neck. He was also hospitalized in Houston the previous December for about a week for shortness of breath. He spent Christmas 2012 in intensive care for a bronchitis-related cough and other issues.<\/p>\n<p>Bush has a form of Parkinson&#8217;s disease and uses a motorized scooter or a wheelchair for mobility. Despite his loss of mobility, Bush celebrated his 90th birthday by making a tandem parachute jump in Kennebunkport, Maine. Last summer, Bush led a group of 40 wounded warriors on a fishing trip at the helm of his speedboat, three days after his 92nd birthday celebration.<\/p>\n<p>George Herbert Walker Bush, born June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, also served as a congressman, CIA director and Ronald Reagan&#8217;s vice-president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Former President George H.W. 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