Sen. Mitch McConnell is not yet medically cleared to leave a rehab facility where he is currently undergoing physical therapy after a fall last month led to a weekslong hospitalization, according to a new statement.
Recovery Update
The senator’s office released a statement that included an update on the 84-year old Kentucky Republican’s condition from the Office of the Attending Physician on Monday, as questions remain over his health and when he will return to the Senate.
“Senator McConnell continues his recovery from a fall at home in June,” the OAP statement said. “Since his discharge from hospital care, he has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation.”
However, the statement noted that, “He is not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office.”
McConnell said in his own statement, “I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors’ orders.”
The Republican senator said that he will not be able to attend this weekend’s Fancy Farm picnic, a major political gathering in Kentucky.
Original reporting: KTVZ (Central Oregon) — read the source article.
