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George H.W. Bush ‘Stable,’ Barbara Feeling ‘1,000% Better’

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Both hospitalized this week with ailments.

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President George H.W. Bush is in “stable” condition, and his wife Barbara Bush is feeling better, according to the ex-president’s spokesman. The pair were both admitted to the hospital this week—George, 92, with pneumonia; Barbara, 91, with bronchitis. While the former president remains in ICU, and is currently being evaluated to have his endotracheal tube removed and eventually be discharged from intensive care, his wife said she is feeling “1,000% better” after some “antibiotics and some good rest.”

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