Pennsylvania’s junior U.S. Senator has been released from the hospital after spending two days there under examination for lightheaded spells experienced earlier this week.
Senator John Fetterman was taken to George Washington University Hospital after experiencing lightheadedness during a Senate Democratic Retreat. After he was released from the hospital, Fetterman’s communications director Joe Calvello issued a statement saying that CT, CTA, and MRI tests all ruled out a second stroke, and his EEG tests came back normal with no evidence of seizures. Fetterman is spending time with his family before he returns to work in the U.S. Senate on Monday.
Last May, just days before the primary election, Fetterman suffered a stroke that he said nearly killed him. While he won the primary, he underwent operations to implant a pacemaker and defibrillator to manage two heart conditions: atrial fibrillation and cardiomyopathy. He spent much of the summer months off the campaign trail as he worked on his recovery. He still suffers from an audio processing disorder, which can render someone unable to speak fluidly and quickly process spoken words into meaning. Fetterman is currently using a closed-captioning system while he is on the floor of the Senate.
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