Former President George H.W. Bush Released From Houston Hospital

HOUSTON, TX - Former President George H.W. Bush was released from a Houston hospital on Friday after spending 13 days being treated for an infection, according to family spokesman Jim McGrath.

McGrath tweeted that the 93-year-old Bush had been discharged from Houston Methodist Hospital after treatment for an infection. He said that Bush's doctors "report he is doing well" and that the former president is "happy to return home."

On April 22, Bush was admitted to the hospital for treatment of an infection that spread to his blood, not even 24 hours after the burial of 92-year-old Barbara Bush, his wife of 73 years. Bush was in an intensive care unit for several days before being moved to a regular patient room. The Bushes were the longest-married presidential couple in U.S. history.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

Image: Film Subject President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 88th birthday following the HBO Documentary special screening of '41' on June 12, 2012 in Kennebunkport, Maine. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO)