{"id":16760,"date":"2017-01-18T15:25:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/?p=16760"},"modified":"2017-01-18T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:48:12","slug":"george-h-w-bush-hospitalized-letter-trump-goes-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2017\/01\/18\/george-h-w-bush-hospitalized-letter-trump-goes-public\/","title":{"rendered":"George H.W. Bush is hospitalized, but his letter to Trump goes public"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/458295992\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 94.444444% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/458295992?et=AAqrcwxsQcNVTlFxPbilIQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=ArnYJSv9Hkg5yMBh_8WDVyTJUN1dJzVL0mi6NeP1V8k=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"561\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wednesday, George H.W. Bush experienced shortness of breath and was put in the hospital, in the intensive care unit. His wife, former First Lady Barbara Bush, was hospitalized as well, due to fatigue and coughing.<\/p>\n<p>However, during this time of sickness, he was thinking of Donald Trump. \u00a0His letter to the President-elect, which sent his apologies for not attending the inauguration, was sent to several media outlets:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gracious letter from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeHWBush\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@GeorgeHWBush<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> wishing the best \u201cas you begin this incredible journey of leading our great country.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/haQmmsii2f\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/haQmmsii2f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonkarl\/status\/821753761370673152\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The elder Bush, who notoriously was rumored to have said he\u2019d vote for Hillary over Trump, wrote a\u00a0gracious letter which reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy doctor says if I sit outside in January, it likely will put me six feet under. Same for Barbara. So I guess we\u2019re stuck in Texas.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a day of such political acrimony, it\u2019s so touching to see this level of class and consideration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/18\/politics\/george-h-w-bush-hospitalized\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here\u2019s more on the Bushes condition<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">President Bush, 92, was admitted to intensive care at Houston Methodist Hospital to address \u201can acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia. Doctors performed a procedure to protect and clear his airway that required sedation,\u201d his spokesman, Jim McGrath, said in a statement. Barbara Bush also was admitted to the hospital Wednesday morning as a precaution after \u201cexperiencing fatigue and coughing,\u201d McGrath said in the same statement.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">President Bush was first hospitalized over the weekend suffering from shortness of breath and a cough and was treated with IV antibiotics.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">At first, McGrath reported that he was responding well to the drugs. But Wednesday, the 41st President\u2019s condition changed and he was admitted to the intensive care unit, sedated and intubated.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s definitely very concerning,\u201d said Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN\u2019s chief medical correspondent, who noted that it is the first time President Bush has been intubated to protect his airway. \u201cCertainly when someone is sedated, they\u2019re having trouble breathing on their own.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Our prayers are with the Bush family during this time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy doctor says if I sit outside in January, it likely will put me six feet under. Same for Barbara. 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