Barbara Bush released from Houston Methodist Hospital

Former First Lady Barbara Bush was released from Houston Methodist Hospital late Saturday morning, the family spokesman, Jim McGrath has announced.

Barbara Bush, the wife of former President George H.W. Bush, has been discharged from a Texas hospital where she spent nearly a week being treated for pneumonia.

Barbara Bush spent nearly a week in a Houston hospital being treated for pneumonia

Barbara Bush, 88, had been hospitalized since Monday.

Barbara and George H.W. Bush, the nation’s longest-married presidential first couple, will celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary Monday.