Though former President of the United States George H.W. Bush has been in a Houston, Texas, hospital for a week, officials are just now releasing details of his condition. Though not considered life threatening, the 88 year old has bronchitis and a lingering cough.

“President Bush is in the hospital,” the former president’s chief of staff, Jean Becker, tells the Houston Chronicle. “We have kept this quiet out of respect for him.”

She adds that Bush has been in and out of the hospital for several weeks, most recently checking in Nov. 23. George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush have both paid him visits.

Everyone at HollywoodLife.com wishes the former president a speedy recovery.

Houston Chronicle

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