Former US president George H.W. Bush remains in intensive care for treatment of pneumonia but doctors expressed hope he will be moved out of an intensive care unit in “a few days,” his spokesman says.
“President Bush had a good night’s rest and remains in stable condition in the ICU at Houston Methodist Hospital,” spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement.
Former US president George H.W. Bush and his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO’s new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. (photo credit: Charles Krupa/AP)
Doctors are evaluating whether tubes inserted to help the 92-year-old former president breathe can now be removed.
And Bush’s 91-year-old wife Barbara, hospitalized yesterday, is feeling “1,000 percent better” after being treated with antibiotics and getting some rest.
The former first lady was admitted after experiencing fatigue and coughing, and ultimately diagnosed with bronchitis, the statement says.
— AFP
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