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George H.W. Bush Is Less Sick Than He Was Earlier This Week

KUWAIT, KUWAIT - APRIL 15: Former U.S. President George Bush (center-R) waves on his way to attend a special session in the Kuwaiti Parliament 15 April 1993. At (L) in the foreground is Kuwait Prime Minister Saad al Abdalla. (Photo credit should read RAED QUTANIA/AFP/Getty Images)
COLLEGE STATION, TX - APRIL 10: Former Governor of Massachusetts and 2008 Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney (R) walks with his wife Ann (L) and former U.S. George H.W. Bush at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University April 10, 2007 in College Station, Texas. Romney was the featured speaker during the William Waldo Cameron Forum on Public Affairs hosted by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush. (Photo by Ben Sklar/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** George H.W. Bush;Mitt Romney Photo: RAED QUTEINA

As predicted by a spokesman on Thursday, the elder former President Bush has been moved out of Houston Methodist Hospital’s intensive care unit, where he has been fighting complications related to bronchitis since last Sunday. Apparently, Bush’s condition has been improving since Friday, and he is now in a regular room where he is “alert and in good spirits and even doing some singing.” No harp playing, though.

George H.W. Bush Is Less Sick