George H W Bush in Intensive Care after Wife's Death

Former US President George H W Bush was admitted in the intensive care unit of  Houston Methodist Hospital on Sunday morning,with an infection that spread to his blood, just days after the death of his wife Barbara Bush.
The 93 year old President Bush had contracted an infection that spread to his blood, but was “responding to treatments and appears to be recovering”, family spokesman Jim McGrath said on Monday in a statement.
George H. W. Bush was hospitalized less than 24 hours After Laying His Beloved Barbara to Rest on Saturday. 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.
He was president from 1989-93 and his son, George W Bush, went on to serve in the same role. Barbara Bush, the only woman to see both her husband and her son sworn in as US president, died Mrs Bush died last Tuesday at age of 73 and was laid to rest on Saturday.
After her death, Mr Bush said of her: “We have faith she is in heaven and we know that life will go on, as she would have it. So cross the Bushes off your worry list.”
The elder Bush uses a wheelchair and an electric scooter for mobility after developing a form of Parkinson’s disease, and he has needed hospital treatment several times in recent years for respiratory problems.
Barbara Bush’s funeral was held at St Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, and there were approximately 1,500 attendees. Among the attendees were her widower and son and former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George W Bush and their wives, along with the current first lady, Melania Trump.
Speaking at a ceremony to welcome French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump offered his prayers for Bush and his family, and wished the 41st President a “speedy recovery.”
>Juthy Saha