Chris Murphy Leaves Hospital After Stroke, Missing Several Weeks of Senate Votes at 53
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Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 6
Chris Murphy Leaves Hospital After Stroke, Missing Several Weeks of Senate Votes at 53
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 6
Summary
Chris Murphy, 53, was discharged Friday after a small hemorrhagic stroke and expects to miss several weeks of Senate votes while recovering.
Last Saturday, Murphy called 911 after feeling something was wrong; doctors at Johns Hopkins said the stroke caused a small bleed in the thalamus region of his brain.
Several weeks of rehabilitation are planned before he returns to the Senate, and his doctor said his progress so far points to a full recovery.
The absence will overlap with the Senate's return Monday from a five-week midterm break and much of its final five-week stretch before year-end.
Murphy joins several senators who have returned after strokes, including Chris Van Hollen and Ben Ray Luján, though recoveries have varied in length.