Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Returns Home After Treatment For Fall, Concussion

After receiving physical therapy at an inpatient center following a fall, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell( R – KY ) is back at home, the senator said in an interview on Saturday.

Three weeks ago, 81-year-old McConnell fell during a Senate Leadership Fund response. He was taken to the hospital and treated for his injury and mild breast bone. Five years after being released from the hospital, he followed his doctor’s advice and checked into an intensive rehab facility.

” I sincerely appreciate all of your friendly intentions. In the statement released on Saturday, McConnell said,” I’m happy to say that I finished acute physical treatment earlier today and I’re glad to be home.” ” I’m going to take my bodily therapists’ information and work from home for Kentuckians and the Republican Conference for the next few day.” My Senate associates and professionals are in constant contact with me. I’m looking forward to going back to the Senate in individual suddenly.

According to an aide, McConnell will not return to the Senate before its two-week recess that begins on April 3, POLITICO reported. He will discuss his upcoming return with physical therapists, who will help make that determination, the aide added. 

McConnell was hospitalized at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., and said his recovery was “proceeding well.” Republican colleagues who have spoken with the minority leader said he is eager to return to the Senate. 

“He sounded very sharp,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said of a call he had with McConnell. “I think just frustrated, as you might imagine, having to go through all this,” he said, adding, “I told him not to be in a big hurry, because we’re not doing anything here.” 

A damaged back from a drop at McConnell’s Kentucky house in 2019 is one of the injuries he occasionally sustains due to his balance problems. He has survived polio.

The treatment of McConnell occurs as Sens. Both Dianne Feinstein and John Fetterman( D-PA ) have recently been admitted to the hospital.

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On March 2 in San Francisco, Feinstein was admitted to a health facility after being given the diagnosis of roofing, according to the woman. She is reportedly again at her house right now, healing.

Fetterman checked himself into the hospital on the night of February 15 at the recommendation of the attending physician of the United States Congress after experiencing symptoms of severe depression. NBC News reported that Fetterman was expected to be hospitalized for weeks. In a statement Thursday, Fetterman spokesman Joe Calvello said the senator will be released in “over a week but soon,” adding that “recovery is going really well.”

Ryan Saavedra made a contribution to this article.

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