“I have not taken up residence here.”
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Former President George H. W. Bush is in high spirits, but he really wants to leave the hospital.
The 41st U. S. president, who has been in the hospital since just days after the April death of his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, offered an update on his health Thursday afternoon.
Though he described the medical staff at Houston Methodist Hospital as “so nice,” the 93-year-old politician humorously added that “the second I get the green light, I’m outta here.”
Quite moved by this announcement by @MethodistHosp. The atrium is beautiful, but recent developments notwithstanding I have not taken up residence here. The doctors, nurses and support staff are so nice, but the second I get the green light I’m outta here. https://t.co/VkWHmxzI6c
— George Bush (@GeorgeHWBush) May 3,2018
Bush, who has celebrated many of his later birthdays by skydiving, was admitted to the Texas hospital on April 22 and is battling an infection that spread to his bloodstream.
The former president quipped about his stay in the hospital the same day the medical center announced that a new atrium on the premises would be named after the Bush family.
Houston Methodist has named the atrium in its new Paula and Joseph C. “Rusty” Walter III Tower…the Barbara and President George H. W. Bush Atrium in honor of the past president and beloved first lady. #khou pic.twitter.com/SqjddJjRJj
— The Bishop (@BillBishopKHOU) May 3,2018
“The Bushes have always been a part of our Houston Methodist family and we all mourn the loss of Mrs. Bush, a truly wonderful woman,” Marc L. Boom, M. D., the president and CEO of Houston Methodist, said . “We are proud to dedicate this warm and welcoming space in this beautiful new building to them.”
Bush said he is “honored” by the hospital’s gesture and applauded the “commitment to excellence and its faith-based mission.”
“After spending so much time here in recent years,” Bush said, “Barbara and I were worried we might wear out our welcome. Instead, this wonderful place of healing which has done so much to care for us continues to give.”
Tré Goins-Phillips is a writer for IJR operating out of Lynchburg, Virginia. After graduating from Liberty University, where he served as the opinion… more
