A spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush said the 92-year-old politician was re-admitted to a Houston hospital Friday over what turned out to be pneumonia.
Former US President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalised since Friday for pneumonia.
In February, Bush and wife Barbara, who was also hospitalized in January, took part in the pregame coin toss at the Super Bowl at NRG Stadium.
McGrath said the former president "is in very good spirits and is being held for further observation while he regains his strength".
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Before his election as United States president, Mr Bush had served as vice president to Ronald Reagan for eight years.
He is the father of former President George W. Bush, who served two terms in the White House from 2001 through 2008, and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who unsuccessfully sought the 2016 Republican nomination for president.
Bush has a form of Parkinson's disease and uses a motorized scooter or a wheelchair for mobility.
Former President Bill Clinton visited Bush earlier this month and gave him a few pairs of patterned socks. "My doctor says if I sit outside in January, it likely will put me six feet under", Bush said in a letter to Trump on January 10.
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