Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush admitted to Houston hospital

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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush admitted to Houston hospital

 

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush attends the funeral service for his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, with his son the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, U.S., April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Richard Carson

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was admitted to a Houston hospital on Sunday after contracting an infection that spread to his blood, a family spokesman said on Monday.

 

Bush, 93, was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital a day after a funeral was held for his wife, Barbara Bush, spokesman Jim McGrath said.

 

"He is responding to treatments and appears to be recovering," McGrath said in a statement.

 

Bush, the country's oldest living ex-president, served a single term in the Oval Office from 1989 through 1993.

 

He is the father of former Republican President George W. Bush, who served two terms from 2001 through 2009, and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who unsuccessfully sought the 2016 Republican nomination for president.

 

Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush, the only American woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died last Tuesday at the age of 92.

 

Barbara Bush's longtime friend, Susan Baker, the wife of former Secretary of State James Baker, described her in a eulogy at her funeral on Saturday as a "tough but loving enforcer" whose 73-year marriage to her husband was a real-life fairy tale.

 

(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Chris Reese and Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-24

[George Bowman]

I knew an elderly gentleman who had been married to his wife for about 60 years. In the days following her death, he literally said "I've lived long enough." and died within a week. Somethings can't be explained.

[InMyShadow]

28 minutes ago, missoura said:

I knew an elderly gentleman who had been married to his wife for about 60 years. In the days following her death, he literally said "I've lived long enough." and died within a week. Somethings can't be explained.

same scenario with my mates parents in OZ. Husband dropped dead at wife's funeral.

[Dustdevil]

A doc on CNN just said that broken-heart syndrome resulting in severe illness or death is a medical reality. 

[kamahele]

While his wife's death was no doubt hard on the man, who has been quite ill himself over the past few years and constantly in and out of the hospital. No doubt his wife's death has just added to his overall poor health. He however recently claimed he was going to live to be 102 and if that is what he wants, I hope he does.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, missoura said:

I knew an elderly gentleman who had been married to his wife for about 60 years. In the days following her death, he literally said "I've lived long enough." and died within a week. Somethings can't be explained.

Placebo if based on holistic body and mind effect. I think it's normal that the brain controls body's hormones and therefore also the body functions. When the will of life is gone, the body follows and finally shuts down. 

 

I hope old people like HWB can get their peaceful death without further delay. I value the quality of life over the length of the life.