Barbara Bush Hospitalized

Matriarch undergoing battery of tests, but fine, says spokeswoman

(AP) - Former first lady Barbara Bush was hospitalized yesterday in Houston to undergo routine tests but doctors don't suspect anything serious, a family spokeswoman said last night. Bush, 84, was being treated at Methodist Hospital and should be released in a day. "She hasn't been feeling well for about a week, and the doctors thought she should come in and undergo a battery of tests," Jean Becker said. More»

She may have had relapse of Graves disease

(AP) - Former first lady Barbara Bush has been released from a Houston hospital, where she underwent tests after being admitted last weekend. Doctors at Methodist Hospital aren't positive, but she might have had a mild relapse of Graves disease, a thyroid condition for which she was treated in 1989. Her doctors have adjusted her medication. More»

Former first lady has been hospitalized four days

(NEWSER) - Barbara Bush spent her fourth day in the hospital today, and doctors still can't figure out what's ailing her. "We are puzzled by the illness," one tells ABC News . He wouldn't elaborate on symptoms other than to say they're not life-threatening. But doctors don't want to release Bush until they "get a break" on a diagnosis. The former first lady, 84, had open-heart surgery last year. More»

(NEWSER) - Barbara Bush underwent open-heart surgery today at a Houston hospital and is doing "fine" now, a family spokeswoman said. "In fact, she is awake." Doctors described the procedure as a cautionary measure after finding hardening on part of her aorta last week, reports CNN. Doctors replaced her aortic valve. The surgery is not related to a procedure that Bush, 83, had in November for a perforated ulcer. More»

(NEWSER) - Barbara Bush has been treated for a perforated ulcer and will likely remain in a Houston hospital through Thanksgiving, the Houston Chronicle reports. The former First Lady had been experiencing abdominal pain for a few days and was driven to the hospital last night by her husband. First Lady Laura Bush has talked to her in-laws and said the former first lady is "doing very well” post-surgery. More»