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"The oldest living former president might not be leaving Houston&amp;#039;s Methodist Hospital in Texas in the near future, but his longtime aide and Houston chief of staff requested that in the meantime, &amp;quot;put the harps back in the closet.&amp;quot; George H. W. Bush, 88, was admitted into the hospital on Nov. 23 for treatment of what his spokesman described as a &amp;quot;stubborn cough.&amp;quot; Since that time, the 41st president has been receiving treatment for what was diagnosed as bronchitis partially brought on by the fact that he also has a form of Parkinson&amp;#039;s disease, which triggered a series of complications. Bush was moved into intensive care on Sunday and has remained there, as a persistent fever kept him in the hospital for the holidays. While the aide, Jean Becker, noted that he would be there for &amp;quot;a while,&amp;quot; she reassured friends and family about his illness via email. &amp;quot;Is he sick? Yes. Does he plan on going anywhere soon? No. He has every intention of staying put.&amp;quot; Becker also added that he is getting &amp;quot;the best medical care in the world&amp;quot; that is &amp;quot;unequaled anywhere.&amp;quot; The former president was healthy enough to issue a statement yesterday regarding the death of General Norman Schwarzkopf, in which he offered his respects to the 1991 Iraq war leader. Since then, updates have been limited as, according to Becker, Bush and his family would prefer to deal with heath issues in privacy and &amp;quot;because he is so beloved we knew everyone would overreact.&amp;quot; Best wishes to Bush for a speedy recovery! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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