McConnell ‘not yet cleared’ to leave rehab to return to Congress
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the Office of the Attending Physician provided a brief statement update on the senator’s health Monday morning, saying he will miss Kentucky’s annual St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic as he remains in rehab.“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,” McConnell said in his statement. After speculation rose online about his absence, the Kentucky Senate titan addressed his hospitalization, noting earlier in July that he didn’t have a concussion or break any bones when he fell, but was “briefly unconscious” and also dealt with a “mild case” of pneumonia over the past several weeks.Advertisement Sen.
- ▪Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the Office of the Attending Physician provided a brief statement update on the senator’s health Monday morning, saying he will miss Kentucky’s annual St.
- ▪Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic as he remains in rehab.“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,” McConnell said in his statement
- ▪After speculation rose online about his absence, the Kentucky Senate titan addressed his hospitalization, noting earlier in July that he didn’t have a concussion or break any bones when he fell, but was “briefly unconscious” and also dealt
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- ▪ Sen. McConnell still not cleared to go back to work as he recovers from fall, doctors say — CNBC — Top
- ▪ Mitch McConnell ‘Not Yet Medically Cleared’ For Senate Return, New Statement Says — Forbes — Business
- ▪ McConnell to skip ‘Fancy Farm’ picnic; Physician says he’s not cleared to return to Senate — The Hill
- ▪ McConnell out of hospital, still not 'medically cleared' to return to Senate — Fox News
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the Office of the Attending Physician provided a brief statement update on the senator’s health Monday morning, saying he will miss Kentucky’s annual St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic as he remains in rehab.“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,” McConnell said in his statement. “Unfortunately, that means I won’t be able to make it to Fancy Farm, Kentucky this Saturday.” Recommended Stories McConnell ‘not yet cleared’ to leave rehab to return to Congress Fetterman explains flip-flop on preserving the filibuster: ‘Horribly wrong’ Trump tells Thune to cancel August recess unless SAVE America Act passes McConnell, 84, has been absent from the…
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