Bush ready to leave intensive care; wife Barbara goes home
Source: Associated Press
Michael Graczyk, Associated Press Updated 5:19 pm, Monday, January 23, 2017
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is still suffering from pneumonia, but is well enough to leave the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital, doctors said Monday. His wife, Barbara, has been discharged from the same facility after completing treatment for bronchitis.
The 92-year-old former president was struggling to breathe when he was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital Jan. 14. Last week, he was breathing with the aid of a ventilator in the ICU, but doctors removed the breathing tube on Friday and by Monday were talking about the possibility that he could return home soon.
Dr. Amy Mynderse said at a news conference that the former president is "sitting up, watching TV and is waiting anxiously for his favorite oyster stew for lunch."
"He's on minimal oxygen, joking and laughing with the nurses and doctors," she said.
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and she was still in her 60s. But for 91, she looks fabulous.
