Doctors consider removing George Bush's breathing tube as his health improves while wife Barbara feels 1,000 percent better
- Former President George HW Bush is being treated for pneumonia
- He and Barbara Bush were being cared for the Houston Methodist Hospital
- Barbara was diagnosed with Bronchitis but has left the hospital feeling better
- The 92 and 91-year-olds have the longest marriage of any presidential couple
Doctors treating former President George HW Bush for pneumonia considered whether to take out a breathing tube inserted two days ago to clear his airway
Doctors treating former President George HW Bush for pneumonia considered whether to take out a breathing tube inserted two days ago to clear his airway.
His wife, Barbara, diagnosed with bronchitis, was feeling '1,000 percent better' on Thursday after a dose of antibiotics and rest.
The 9+2-year-old former President and the 91-year-old former First Lady both were being cared for at Houston Methodist Hospital.
Family spokesman Jim McGrath said the 41st president remained in stable condition. Bush was hospitalized on Saturday and has been in the intensive care unit since Wednesday, relying on a ventilator to breathe. Removing the tube - a procedure known as extubation - would allow Bush to breathe on his own. He was struggling to breathe when he was admitted to the hospital Saturday.
'We are hopeful he will be discharged from the ICU in a few days,' McGrath said.
Barbara Bush was admitted Wednesday after feeling fatigued and coughing for weeks.
In this 2015 photo Barbara Bush applies sunscreen to the nose of her husband, former President George HW Bush, who was hospitalized this week due to pneumonia and difficulty breathing. Mrs Bush was also hospitalized with Bronchitis, but is feeling '1000% better'
The 92-year-old former President and the 91-year-old former First Lady both were being cared for at Houston Methodist Hospital
'The couple received "an uplifting visit" from longtime friends former Secretary of State James Baker and his wife, Susan, who also live in Houston,' McGrath said.
President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama have sent their well wishes, via Twitter and a news conference, respectively.
Former President Bill Clinton also tweeted: '41 and Barbara - thinking about you both and sending wishes for a speedy recovery. Love, 42.'
Former President George W Bush, pictured with his father, offered thanks on Instagram Thursday for messages 'of love and support for Mother and Dad'
Former President George W Bush offered thanks on Instagram Thursday for messages 'of love and support for Mother and Dad.'
'Your prayers are working: 41 and Mom are doing much better today and fighting on,' he said in his first public comments about their illnesses.
Bush said he and former first lady Laura Bush 'look forward to representing them' at Trump's inauguration Friday in Washington 'while they continue to recover in Houston.'
The Bushes, pictured in 1955 with their son George W Bush, were married January 6, 1945, and have had the longest marriage of any presidential couple in American history
At the time of their wedding, he was a young naval aviator. She had been a student at Smith College. After World War II, they moved to the Texas oil patch to seek their fortune and raise a family. It was there that George Bush began his political career, representing Houston for two terms in Congress in the late 1960s and early 1970s
The Bushes were married January 6, 1945, and have had the longest marriage of any presidential couple in American history.
At the time of their wedding, he was a young naval aviator. She had been a student at Smith College.
After World War II, they moved to the Texas oil patch to seek their fortune and raise a family. It was there that George Bush began his political career, representing Houston for two terms in Congress in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Most watched News videos
- Van driver gets blocked in by another driver, and he has no idea why
- 'Cheating' boyfriend's cruel prank hilariously backfire on him
- Trump cheered as he leaves Washington DC hotel
- Documentary shows what it's like living with the Huaorani
- Spanish bagpipe band plays AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' track
- She speaks! Melania Trump takes the mic at pre-inaugural luncheon
- Michelle Obama takes one last walk through the White House
- Car does doughnuts in CBD before ploughing into pedestrians
- Sickening video shows moment boy shoots his classmates
- Donald Trump greeted by cheers and handshakes at his hotel
- Surveillance video shows man fatally shot 13 times in Florida
- Disabled woman struggles to get on a bus because of a buggy user
- Life among the monkey hunters: The Amazon tribe that has...
- EXCLUSIVE: Wynn Las Vegas removes all Tom Ford beauty...
- 'Why would you abandon America?' Newt Gingrich says...
- EXCLUSIVE: A hero's welcome! The moment Trump makes a...
- Donald rocks DC (get used to it, it's the new normal): Trump...
- Former child sex slave sold into Belgian aristocratic...
- Donald and his golden girl: Trump is joined by stunning...
- 'Justice has been served': Obama defies storm of criticism...
- 'Nope' - The last word of cold-blooded killer who...
- 'An avalanche has hit. The hotel isn't there any more': Boss...
- EXCLUSIVE: Florida man charged with threatening to kill...
- Nothing will rain on our parade! Triumphant Donald Trump...