Doctors in Houston will keep former US president George H.W. Bush in the hospital through the weekend since his bout with shortness of breath, although doctors “have begun discussing dates for his discharge,” his office said on Saturday.
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’s condition has improved to the point that doctors have begun discussing dates for his discharge. He will remain at the Houston Methodist Hospital through the weekend for further observation,” McGrath said in an updated message on Saturday.
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 he ultimately recovered and was allowed to go home after seven weeks.
The former Republican president suffers from Parkinson’s disease and cannot use his legs.
However, he celebrated his 90th birthday on June 12 by skydiving near Kennebunkport, Maine, with the US Army’s Golden Knight parachute team.
His eldest son, former US president George W. Bush, this year published a best-selling book about his father titled 41 — A Portrait of My Father.
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