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malaise

(269,044 posts) Wed Dec 26, 2012, 05:54 PM Dec 2012

When I heard Obama was returning home I was not sure if

it was about the Fiscal Cliff or G H W Bush. Now that they said (on GEM$NBComcast) that Pres Obama is receiving updates on Bush's health, it is clear that G H W Bush is seriously ill.

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When I heard Obama was returning home I was not sure if (Original Post) malaise Dec 2012 OP

Well... Bonner Has Told House Members To Stay Home rsmith6621 Dec 2012 #1

I thought they only recessed until the 27th and were going to give it another go Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #3

There was an update on his health today saying his fever has been going up the past few days. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #2

It is a rare event for anyone to stay in hospital from Thanksgiving to now malaise Dec 2012 #4

The way I see it, the secrecy is typical for the Bushes. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #5

They've been lying from day one malaise Dec 2012 #6

rsmith6621

(6,942 posts)

1. Well... Bonner Has Told House Members To Stay Home

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:00 PM

Dec 2012

..Till after the New Year. so no negotiations will take place I doubt.

Brother Buzz

(36,443 posts)

3. I thought they only recessed until the 27th and were going to give it another go

Reply to rsmith6621 (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:13 PM

Dec 2012

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)

2. There was an update on his health today saying his fever has been going up the past few days.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:08 PM

Dec 2012

He's also been put on a liquid diet now. I don't think they really know what the problem is.

On edit here's the article:

HOUSTON (AP) — A "stubborn" fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in a hospital over Christmas has gotten worse, and doctors have put him on a liquids-only diet, his spokesman said Wednesday.

Jim McGrath, Bush's spokesman in Houston, had said earlier in the day that the fever had gone away, but he later corrected himself.

"It's an elevated fever, so it's actually gone up in the last day or two," McGrath told The Associated Press. "It's a stubborn fever that won't go away."

Doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston have run tests and are treating the fever with Tylenol, but they still haven't nailed down a cause, McGrath said. Doctors also have put Bush on a liquid diet, though McGrath could not say why.
http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Bush-spokesman-says-ex-president-s-fever-rising-4146503.php

malaise

(269,044 posts)

4. It is a rare event for anyone to stay in hospital from Thanksgiving to now

Reply to Lone_Star_Dem (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:17 PM

Dec 2012

without a major illness. I never believed the spin the G H W Bush. That's why I loved Teddy Kennedy - he just told everyone the truth.

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)

5. The way I see it, the secrecy is typical for the Bushes.

Reply to malaise (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:34 PM

Dec 2012

I just saw on KHOU Houston he's been in the ICU since Sunday and they just confirmed that information today. He appears to be going downhill even more since then.

I won't be surprised if he doesn't make it to the new year considering today's reports on his decline.

malaise

(269,044 posts)

6. They've been lying from day one

Reply to Lone_Star_Dem (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 07:01 PM

Dec 2012

and I knew it and so did other DUers. ICU is very bad news for G H W Bush.

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