Former first lady Barbara Bush, despite having health problems and refusing to continue receiving medical treatment, remained in "great spirit" during her last days, according to her granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager. In fact, since Monday night he was alert and talking about a bourbon, a source close to the Bush family told CBS News.
The source said she is being treated at her home in Houston and has decided she does not want to return to the hospital. She has been on oxygen for a while.
Her husband, former President George H. Bush is with her, as well as her daughter Doro and her children Marvin and Neil. Her other …show more content…
She had been suffering in recent years of congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD makes it hard for you to breathe, according to the source. On Monday, Hager said his grandmother and grandfather, former President George H.W. Bush, is surrounded by family.
The Bush office issued a statement, confirming after a "series of recent hospitalizations," that it has decided not to seek additional medical help and instead will focus on "comfort care."
"It will not surprise those who know her that Barbara Bush has been a rock in the face of her lack of health, she cares not for herself, thanks to her enduring faith, but for others, she is surrounded by a family that loves and appreciates. many kind messages and especially the prayers he is receiving, "the statement continued.
"As my mother has become increasingly fragile, can not walk or take their dogs and things like that, we have quality time and we share this quality time with other family and friends who come to read," said Neil Bush.
He held back the tears when he said that he was rereading his mother's memories and that he had a new appreciation of his