Former President George H.W. Bush
spent Christmas in a Houston hospital
with his wife, Barbara, and other
relatives who planned to treat him to a
special holiday meal.
Bush's son, Neil, and his wife also
visited on Tuesday, and one of Bush's
grandsons was planning to stop by as
well, said Jim McGrath, Bush's
spokesman in Houston.
The 88-year-old has been in the
hospital since Nov. 23 with a lingering,
bronchitis-like cough. A hospital
spokesman had said Bush was likely to
be released to spend Christmas at
home, but then McGrath said the
former president developed a fever.
Doctors remain "cautiously optimistic"
Bush will recover, but want to keep
him in the hospital while they help
him build up his strength and balance
his medications, McGrath said.
On Christmas, the Bush family
normally eats at Gigi's Asian Bistro in
Houston's Galleria neighborhood,
McGrath said. There were plans to
pick up food at the upscale restaurant
and bring the meal to the hospital.
Bush has been receiving visitors for
weeks, including two by his son,
former President George W. Bush, and
one by Jeb Bush, former governor of
Florida.
Bush and his wife reside in Houston
during the winter, and spend their
summers at a home in Kennebunkport,
Maine.
The former president was a naval
aviator in World War II — at one point
the youngest in the Navy — and was
shot down over the Pacific. He
achieved notoriety in retirement for
skydiving on at least three of his
birthdays since leaving the White
House in 1992.
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