Former president George H. W. Bush, 92, has been hospitalized in Houston, the Houston Chronicle reported early this morning.
The paper, quoting Jean Becker, the chief of staff to the 41st president, said he was \u201cfine\u201d and \u201cdoing really well\u201d after falling ill recently. She told KHOU in Houston that the nation\u2019s oldest living former president was in stable condition.
The Chronicle said Bush \u201cis expected to be discharged in the next couple of days\u201d from Houston Methodist Hospital.
Bush is famously tough and resilient for a man of his age, despite having a form of Parkinson\u2019s disease and having suffered from Graves\u2019s disease, a thyroid ailment, during his presidency.
The former president, who served from 1989 to 1993, fell at his Kennebunkport, Maine, home in July 2015, and while, breaking a bone in his neck, managed to recover relatively quickly.
In December 2014, he was hospitalized after experiencing shortness of breath.
And in 2012, he was admitted for a bronchitis-related cough, spending two months at the hospital, some of it in intensive care.
KHOU said more information would be released later Wednesday.
In an email to The Post Wednesday morning, Jim McGrath, Bush\u2019s spokesman, said the former president was admitted to Houston Methodist on Saturday suffering from shortness of breath \u201cand has responded very well to treatments.\u201d
\u201cDoctors and everyone are very pleased,\u201d McGrath also told The Post, \u201cand we hope to have him out soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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