President George H.W. Bush after flipping the coin between the Detroit Lions and Houston Texans on Oct.30, 2016 in Houston, Texas. The 41st President has been in the intensive care unit at Houston Methodist Hospital and is relying on a ventilator to breathe – Doctors treating former President George H.W. Bush for pneumonia considered Thursday whether to take out a breathing tube while his wife, Barbara, said she was feeling much better after undergoing treatment for bronchitis.