Spokesman: George HW Bush Hospitalized With Blood Infection
HOUSTON (AP) — A family spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with an infection, just after attending the funeral of his wife Barbara.
NEW: We have breaking news from Texas tonight. Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to a hospital in Houston after contracting an infection that spread to his blood. - @jeffglor pic.twitter.com/s4l3hyK1Yu
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) April 23, 2018
Jim McGrath says Bush is "responding to treatments and appears to be recovering." He says he was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital Sunday morning after an infection spread to his blood.
Barbara Bush was laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony attended by her husband and former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and their spouses, along with current first lady Melania Trump.
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