The Washington Post Posted by Rachel Weiner on December 26, 2012 at 3:11 pm
President George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara attend the premiere of HBO’s new documentary on his life.(Charles Krupa/AP)
Former president George H.W. Bush spent Christmas in a Houston hospital with a rising fever, his office confirms.
Spokesman Jim McGrath told the Houston Chronicle that doctors have put Bush in the intensive care unit and on a liquid diet.
The 88-year-old has been in and out of Methodist Hospital since early November, battling a severe cough. Doctors expected he would be able to go home for the holiday, but in recent days Bush developed a fever.