Bush ready to leave intensive care

Associated Press

HOUSTON

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 on Jan. 14. Last week, he was breathing with the aid of a ventilator in the ICU, but doctors removed the breathing tube Friday and by Monday, were talking about the possibility that he could go 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.”