HOUSTON, Texas -- Former president George H.W. Bush will remain in a Houston hospital this weekend.

Bush is recovering from a blood infection that set in the day after his wife Barbara's funeral.

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A family spokesman said the former president is in excellent spirits and is looking forward to traveling to his family's home in Maine next month.

The 93-year-old has a form of Parkinson's disease and a history of pneumonia.