Your one-stop source for Bush family news. February 25, 2000. Both Poppy and Barb have Graves disease, a thyroid disorder that can cause irregular heartbeats. They are both taken medication to keep the condition under control.
Dehydration can cause heart arrythmia, and that's what happened to Poppy in Florida last night.
Between giving speeches for George W. and attending to his own business, Poppy has a pretty busy life. In Naples on Thursday he attended an invester's conference. A reception was followed by a dinner and Poppy then gave a speech. After that, he participated in a photo-op. By then he was sweating and had lost a lot of water.