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President George H.W. Bush doing much better

Posted at 12:40 PM, Apr 25, 2018
and last updated 2018-04-25 12:40:50-04

HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush is doing much better, a source close to the Bush family said Wednesday, days after the 41st President was admitted to intensive care.

The source pointed to a tweet from Bush’s Twitter account late Wednesday morning, which thanked Houston authorities for their handling of Barbara Bush’s funeral, as a positive indication of Bush’s recovery.

Bush, 93, was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital Sunday morning after contracting an infection that spread to his blood, family spokesman Jim McGrath said, a day after a funeral was held for his wife.

According to McGrath, the 41st President has said he is determined to get healthy and get to Maine this summer. On Monday, McGrath said Bush was “responding to treatments and appears to be recovering.”

According to a source close to the former Republican President, Bush was admitted to the hospital with an infection that led to sepsis, which can be life-threatening. He was in critical condition, the source said.

The source added that Bush’s blood pressure kept dropping and a couple of times there was serious concern about whether he was going to come through, but that he had been stabilized.