Former President George H.W. Bush has been released from hospital in Texas more than a week after being admitted suffering from a shortness of breath.
George H.W. Bush, 90, was released from the Houston Methodist Hospital and continues his recovery at home, his spokesman said.
Two years ago, George H.W. Bush was treated in the same hospital for more than two months for bronchitis and other issues.
He was president from 1989 to 1993, and heads a famous political dynasty.
His son George W. Bush served as president from 2001 to 2009.
Another son, Jeb Bush, said this month he would “actively explore the possibility of running for president” in 2016.
A statement from George H.W. Bush’s spokesman, Jim McGrath, confirmed the former president had been discharged.
“He is now resting at home, grateful to the doctors and nurses for their superb care.”
George H.W. Bush is the oldest living former US president and a World War Two veteran.
The former president can no longer use his legs, but in June celebrated his 90th birthday by making a tandem parachute jump.
President George H.W. Bush remained at Houston Methodist Hospital for a fifth day in a row after experiencing shortness of breath on Tuesday, December 23.
The former president, age 90, “remains in high spirits and continues to make progress, but he will remain at the Houston Methodist Hospital this evening,” said his spokesman, Jim McGrath.
Houston Methodist is the same hospital were George H.W. Bush spent nearly two months for a bronchitis-related cough and other health issues before he was released in January 2013 after treatment.
His most recent public appearance was in November at an event at Texas A&M University that he attended with his son, former President George W. Bush.
George H.W. Bush began experiencing health problems in 1991 when, as president, he entered the hospital with an irregular heartbeat.
Doctors diagnosed him as having Graves Disease, a thyroid condition that, by coincidence, his wife also had.
George H.W. Bush’s family has said publicly the former president was no longer able to walk unassisted, a frustration for a man who enjoyed an active lifestyle of golf, fishing, jogging, and power walks on the beach near his summer home in Maine.
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