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'Stubborn' fever that kept George H.W. Bush, 88, in the hospital over Christmas
The Daily Mail ^ | 26 December 2012

Posted on 12/26/2012 10:02:17 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Edited on 12/27/2012 12:39:24 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Comfortable: Bush is staying at Methodist Hospital in Houston and has promised 'not to get too grumpy' for the extended visit to the hospital

A persistent 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.'

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1 posted on 12/26/2012 10:02:22 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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My dad, an old “country” doctor used to say that pneumonia is an old man's best friend. I fear this is the case for a gentle man who has lived a glorious life we all would be so fortunate to have lived.
2 posted on 12/26/2012 10:10:09 PM PST by llevrok (ObamaLand - Where young people go to retire.)
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George H.W. Bush as the youngest pilot in the Navy during WW2.

3 posted on 12/26/2012 10:21:31 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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He was a genuine badass in his youth, and he’s still a tough old bird. Get well soon, sir.


4 posted on 12/26/2012 10:29:35 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m betting he has already passed on but we won’t hear about it until the MSM wants us to hear.


5 posted on 12/27/2012 12:12:33 AM PST by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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There has to be more problems than his fever. FUO -fevers of unknown origin- maybe drug fevers and I’m sure that’s been considered. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20030474


6 posted on 12/27/2012 3:59:49 AM PST by AmericaUnite (Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. John Ch 8)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Under Obamacare he’d have been euthanized already.


7 posted on 12/27/2012 4:22:08 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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Should’ve ate his broccoli...


8 posted on 12/27/2012 4:35:14 AM PST by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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I hope for the best for him. I am almost guessing that he picked this up while in the hospital.


9 posted on 12/27/2012 5:01:51 AM PST by HChampagne
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I am home from work running a fever of 101.5 since last night. Another friend was out of work 5 days last week. I think something is going around.

I fully expect that the Fedgov under Obama will try to take away everyone’s guns this year, but failing that, I would not be surprised if they release some nasty bugs into the general population. Yes, they are that blood-thristy.


10 posted on 12/27/2012 5:10:04 AM PST by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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“George H.W. Bush as the youngest pilot in the Navy during WW2.”

Yes, but did he ever do any community organizing?


11 posted on 12/27/2012 5:49:18 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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It’s crazy to think there is a MSM conspiracy to withhold information on Bush Sr. He’s almost 90 years old. Old men get ill and eventually pass on. I hope he gets better and lives another 10-20 years but the hourglass eventually runs out on all of us.


12 posted on 12/27/2012 6:24:48 AM PST by SamAdams76
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I heard the term on radio late night as GUARDED, moved to intensive care

Lord be with him


13 posted on 12/27/2012 7:11:20 AM PST by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN 2016 OR BUST)
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Good call!

I believe you are most likely correct in your assumption. People his age are prone to an infection of the digestive track called “C-Diff”(Clostridium difficile) which is often contracted from a previous stay in the hospital, although a small portion of the population has this bacterium naturally present in their colon.

C-Diff is difficult to eradicate in older people because of arterial stenosis and other vascular conditions common to the elderly that lessen blood flow to certain areas and compromises their ability to fight off infection and, in general, heal. C-Diff in the very old and very infirmed is often fatal.

Wikipedia says:

Clostridium difficile (pronunciation below) (from the Greek kloster (κλωστήρ), spindle, and Latin difficile,[1] difficult), also known as “CDF/cdf”, or “C. diff”, is a species of Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Clostridium that causes severe diarrhea and other intestinal disease when competing bacteria in the gut flora have been wiped out by antibiotics.


14 posted on 12/27/2012 7:15:24 AM PST by PresidentFelon
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He’s probably septic.


15 posted on 12/27/2012 7:27:08 AM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God! ROLL TIDE!!)
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I pray we won’t soon be finding out what Obama was the youngest at...


16 posted on 12/27/2012 7:54:57 AM PST by mikrofon (+ Prayers Up for GHWB +)
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Especially at Methodist. It isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, although I’m sure GB is getting better care than the average patient would.


17 posted on 12/27/2012 8:59:56 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: SamAdams76
He’s almost 90 years old. Old men get ill and eventually pass on. I hope he gets better and lives another 10-20 years but the hourglass eventually runs out on all of us.

Agreed. I'm hoping that he gets better but like you said, all of our days are numbered. No one lives forever on Earth.

18 posted on 12/27/2012 9:04:58 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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It will be announced by a hospital spokesperson and the information would have gotten out even when there was a complete MSM monopoly on the news. At least HW had made it clear a strong desire to go before Barbara...


19 posted on 12/27/2012 9:34:52 AM PST by erlayman
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So sorry to hear about this, I hope he keeps going for a while longer. I love to see the family, no matter what everyone says.


20 posted on 12/27/2012 10:57:42 AM PST by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......? Embrace a ruler today.)
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