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Former President George H.W. Bush hospitalized in intensive care unit.
Associated Press ^ | 04/23/2018

Posted on 04/23/2018 3:58:25 PM PDT by oxcart

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1 posted on 04/23/2018 3:58:25 PM PDT by oxcart
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Sadly,it’s *very* common with old folks.One dies and the other is gone within days/weeks.


2 posted on 04/23/2018 4:00:03 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3649817/posts


3 posted on 04/23/2018 4:00:13 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy: The cliff's edge of Marxism)
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Uh oh. Prayers.


4 posted on 04/23/2018 4:01:16 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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That was fast.


5 posted on 04/23/2018 4:02:06 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAYsi)
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Sadly, I suspect that President Bush's days are numbered after losing his wife of 73 years. She was part of him for all those years and now that she has left, there is nothing for him to live for.

Happened to my dad, my mom died and he lost all will to live and died within a year after her......

May God watch over you President Bush and welcome you to heaven to reunite you with your loving wife...........

6 posted on 04/23/2018 4:04:12 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Mother nature is a serial killer......)
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I wanted my Mom and Dad to die in their sleep in bed together on the same night. Unfortunately it did not end that way.


7 posted on 04/23/2018 4:04:32 PM PDT by forgotten man
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Yeah.... I was thinking that this may be one of those cases, even before Barbara died.


8 posted on 04/23/2018 4:04:35 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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And sometimes the surviving spouse surprises everyone and goes on to live longer than anyone expected. Sometimes it’s hard to tell.


9 posted on 04/23/2018 4:04:37 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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Broken heart....

let’s all pray for him.


10 posted on 04/23/2018 4:04:44 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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Yes , doubt he will last long now.
11 posted on 04/23/2018 4:04:52 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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He probably doesn’t want to be in their house by himself without her.


12 posted on 04/23/2018 4:07:43 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAYsi)
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He probably has a urinary catheter because of his Parkinson’s.

The stress of his wife’s death probably depressed his immune system to the point where he developed sepsis, which the layman calls blood poisoning.

In a 94 year old the outcome from sepsis is nearly always fatal.

Surprised he’s lived this long since Sunday morning.


13 posted on 04/23/2018 4:07:53 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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“... after contracting an infection that spread to his blood...”

Sepsis? I doubt “recovering” is the proper description as the prognosis for sepsis is not very good and extremely poor for some one of his age.

Took my mother in just a matter of hours at 83.


14 posted on 04/23/2018 4:09:11 PM PDT by traderrob6
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Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds come to mind... :-(


15 posted on 04/23/2018 4:09:40 PM PDT by doomtrooper99 (Mr Truman, you did not finish the job)
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Not for me either. My mom who I loved dearly drove me nuts for seven years after my dad died.


16 posted on 04/23/2018 4:09:53 PM PDT by mplsconservative
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I’m sure Saturday was an unusually long day for him - probably weakened his defenses, and he was already frail.


17 posted on 04/23/2018 4:10:57 PM PDT by GnuThere
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the worst thing to ever happen to my dad was my mom dying before he did....my dad had cancer and had made peace with the fact he was going to die. my mom went into the hospital for back surgery ad died 2 weeks later from a blood clot that caused a massive heart attack. he was devastated and pretty much decided to die after her funeral.


18 posted on 04/23/2018 4:11:20 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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My prayers would be for comfort as he slips through the veil into Bar’s arms.


19 posted on 04/23/2018 4:15:03 PM PDT by WVNan
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Grand parents died within a month of each other. At the time I thought it was kinda romantic. A few years later I lost my only child, damn near killed me. Hard to recover from a kick in the gut like that.


20 posted on 04/23/2018 4:16:26 PM PDT by Dawggie
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