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Former first lady Barbara Bush, 91, has been discharged from
the same hospital after being treated for bronchitis, doctors at
Houston Methodist Hospital said at a news conference.
"He is a really strong person. He is not your average 92 year
old," Dr. Amy Mynderse said of the former president.
Doctors added he is expected to spend a few more days in the
hospital. Bush, who had a breathing tube removed from him last
week, is now sitting up and watching television.
Bush, the nation's oldest living ex-president, has been at
Houston Methodist Hospital since Jan. 14 after experiencing
shortness of breath.
"He hasn't made any big political statements," Mynderse said
when asked by a reporter if Bush has mentioned new President
Donald Trump.
Barbara Bush was admitted to the same hospital on Wednesday as a
precaution after experiencing fatigue and coughing, family
spokesman Jim McGrath has said.
"Mrs. Bush had a viral bronchitis and was really just running
herself ragged trying to be up here with him," Mynderse said.
The couple marked their 72nd wedding anniversary on Jan. 6.
The former president was invited to attend Friday's inauguration
of his fellow Republican Trump. Bush, the only living former
president not in attendance, ended up watching the proceedings
from his hospital room and sent Trump, whom he did not endorse
as a candidate, a letter of support, McGrath said.
His son George W. Bush, another former president, attended the
ceremony.
Another one of his sons, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, ran
unsuccessfully against Trump last year for the Republican
Party's presidential nomination.
(Writing and reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas;
Additional reporting by Lisa Maria Garza in Dallas and Ernest
Scheyder in Houston; Editing by Bernadette Baum and Tom Brown)
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