Barbara Bush Treated for an Injury to Arm

Former First Lady Barbara Bush was treated at a hospital Tuesday for an arm injury shortly after she and former President George Bush returned from a Caribbean cruise, a family spokesman said.

Mrs. Bush was released from Jackson Memorial Hospital a few hours after her arrival, said Bush spokesman Andrew Maner. She appeared in good spirits as she left the hospital, her left forearm covered by a four-inch bandage.

“She’s in perfect health,” Maner said. “She had hurt the arm while they were still in the White House. The wound reopened.” He did not say how Mrs. Bush was hurt.

The Bushes arrived in Miami on Tuesday afternoon on a flight from St. Maarten after a four-day cruise to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.