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U.S. NEWS Thursday 26 april 2018

Former President Bush out of

intensive care, making progress

By MICHAEL GRACZYK long been a fixture at Hous- He also thanked St. Martin’s
Associated Press ton sporting events. Episcopal Church, where
HOUSTON (AP) — Former During a Wednesday ap- the funeral was held and
President George H.W. Bush pearance at Brown Univer- where he and his wife wor-
was moved out of intensive sity in Providence, Rhode shipped for years, and Sec-
care and into a regular Island, former Florida Gov. ond Baptist Church, which
patient room at a Houston Jeb Bush said his father will served as a staging area a
hospital on Wednesday be leaving the hospital on few miles away for city bus-
as he recovers from an in- Friday. He called his father es that carried thousands
fection that required his “stronger than an ox” and of visitors to St. Martin’s for
hospitalization a day after the “greatest man alive.” a public viewing a day be-
his wife’s funeral, a family Bush was hospitalized on fore the funeral.
spokesman said. Sunday, a day after he at- McGrath said the former Former Presidents George W. Bush, left, and George H.W. Bush
The nation’s 41st president tended the funeral and president is thankful for arrive at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church for a funeral service
is expected to remain at burial of his wife, Barbara. everyone sending prayers for former first lady Barbara Bush, Saturday, April 21, 2018, in
Houston Methodist Hospi- Married for 73 years, the and good wishes.q Houston.
tal for “several more days,” Bushes were the longest- Associated Press
spokesman Jim McGrath married presidential cou-
said. Bush, who is 93, is be- ple in U.S. history. Barbara
ing treated for an infection Bush was 92 when she died
that spread to his blood. on April 17 at their Houston
“He is alert and talking with home.
hospital staff, family and Bush sent a tweet earlier
friends, and his doctors are Wednesday thanking Hous-
very pleased with his prog- ton for its “professionalism
ress,” McGrath said in a and obvious care” during
statement. the memorials and servic-
He noted that Bush was es for his wife . He specifi-
more focused on the Hous- cally cited Houston Mayor
ton Rockets playoff series Sylvester Turner, the city’s
against the Minnesota Tim- police and transit agency
berwolves “than anything “and really all Houstonians”
that landed him in the hos- for “making Barbara’s visi-
pital.” Bush, frequently ac- tors and funeral guests feel
companied by his wife, has so welcomed.”