Former first lady Barbara Bush has endured a series of hospitalizations and has decided to halt treatment for her failing health, according to a statement from her family Sunday. 

Bush, 92, will instead focus on receiving “comfort care,” the statement said. 

“It will not surprise those who know her that Barbara Bush has been a rock in the face of her failing health, worrying not for herself — thanks to her abiding faith — but for others,” said a statement from the office of her husband, former President George H.W. Bush. “She is surrounded by a family she adores, and appreciates the many kind messages and especially the prayers she is receiving.”

Barbara Bush, also the mother of former President George W. Bush, and her husband have lived in Texas for much of their post-presidency years. The couple calls Houston home, and maintains a presidential library in College Station. 

 She was first lady from 1989 to 1993. 

Source: Texas Tribune Blue Left News