Feb. 10 (UPI) — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was released from a Washington hospital on Friday after tests confirmed he did not suffer another stroke or have a seizure.
Fetterman’s spokesman, Joe Calvello, said the results of an MRI and additional tests ruled out the possibility that the freshman senator and former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor had experienced another stroke.
“A few minutes ago, Senator John Fetterman was discharged from The George Washington University Hospital. In addition to the CT, CTA, and MRI tests ruling out a stroke, his EEG test results came back normal, with no evidence of seizures,” Calvello said in a statement.
Fetterman’s wife, Giselle, said she was grateful for the care that he received.
“We are happy to share that there are no signs of a stroke the amazing doctors and staff [at George Washington Hospital] continue monitoring and I’m so grateful to them and to all of you,” Giselle Fetterman said on Twitter Thursday night.
Fetterman told his staff he was feeling “lightheaded” during a Democratic retreat Wednesday, a day after President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union speech, and was taken to George Washington Hospital, where he spent the night and underwent an MRI test.
A stroke last May nearly derailed his campaign for Senate and left him off the campaign trail for weeks before rallying to defeat celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz in November.