Mitch McConnell leaves rehab facility after remedy for concussion

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell mentioned Saturday he has been launched from the rehabilitation facility the place he had bodily remedy for a concussion attributable to a fall earlier this month.

The 81-year-old Kentucky Republican mentioned in an announcement launched by his workplace that he’ll work at home for the subsequent few days.

The Senate is scheduled to be on break for the weeks of April 3 and April 10.

McConnell was at dinner on March 8 after a lodge reception for a marketing campaign committee aligned with him when he tripped and fell.

Along with the concussion, he additionally had a rib fracture.

He was released from the hospital on March 13 and, upon the recommendation of his physician, moved to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for bodily remedy and to proceed his restoration.

Concussions can be serious accidents and take time for restoration.

Even a single incident of concussion can restrict an individual’s skills throughout that interval.

“I’m going to comply with the recommendation of my bodily therapists and spend the subsequent few days working for Kentuckians and the Republican Convention from residence,” McConnell mentioned within the assertion. “I’m in frequent contact with my Senate colleagues and my employees. I stay up for returning in particular person to the Senate quickly.”

Nearly 4 years in the past he tripped and fell at his residence in Kentucky, inflicting a shoulder fracture that required surgical procedure.

The Senate had simply began a summer time recess, and he labored from residence for some weeks as he recovered.

In his early childhood, he had polio and he has acknowledged some problem as an grownup in climbing stairs.

McConnell was first elected in 1984.

In January, he grew to become the longest-serving Senate leader when the brand new Congress convened, breaking the earlier file of 16 years.