The health of former US President George H.W. Bush, 92, has improved and he is moving out of the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital where he has been treated for more than a week for bacterial pneumonia.
Former first lady Barbara Bush, 91, has been discharged from the same hospital after being treated for bronchitis, doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital said at a news conference.
"He is a really strong person. He is not your average 92 year old," Dr. Amy Mynderse said of the former president.
Doctors added he is expected to spend a few more days in the hospital. Bush, who had a breathing tube removed from him last week, is now sitting up and watching television.
Bush, the nation's oldest living ex-president, has been at Houston Methodist Hospital since January 14 after experiencing shortness of breath.
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Barbara Bush was admitted to the same hospital on Wednesday as a precaution after experiencing fatigue and coughing, family spokesman Jim McGrath has said.
"Mrs. Bush had a viral bronchitis and was really just running herself ragged trying to be up here with him," Mynderse said.
