Former President George H.W. Bush has been moved out of the intensive care unit and into a regular patient room at Methodist Hospital in Houston.

“President Bush’s condition has improved, so he has been moved today from the intensive care unit to a regular patient room at The Methodist Hospital to continue his recovery. The Bushes thank everyone for their prayers and good wishes,” a family spokesman said Saturday.

“The president is alert, and as always, in good spirits,” Jim McGrath said on Friday. He was reportedly singing with the medical staff.

He said physicians are “cautiously optimistic that the current course of treatment will be effective.”