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US legislator Mitch McConnell is still not cleared to return to work, his agency confirmed connected Monday, six weeks aft he was hospitalized aft a autumn astatine his home.
An update released alongside a caller photograph of nan Republican lawmaker – 1 of nan highest-profile figures successful Congress, arsenic erstwhile Senate mostly leader – said he was undergoing “intense beingness therapy” and is “working hard” to get backmost to his duties.
“I’m still moving difficult to get backmost to my afloat schedule of activity successful nan Senate and successful Kentucky, keeping up pinch aggravated beingness therapy per my doctors’ orders,” McConnell, a Republican of Kentucky, said successful a statement released by his agency connected Monday.
In nan statement, he said that he wouldn’t beryllium capable to make it to Kentucky this coming weekend, for an yearly Fancy Farm picnic. “There’s nary spot I’d alternatively beryllium connected nan first Saturday successful August than pinch nan bully group of occidental Kentucky, feasting connected pork and mutton,” said McConnell, 84.
“I dislike that I’ll miss nan nosy this year, but I’m sending my champion wishes to nan St Jerome organization for a successful picnic,” he said. “As always, I admit each of your continued good wishes, and I’m looking guardant to getting backmost to nan Senate and to Kentucky soon.”
McConnell has been absent from nan Senate and not seen successful nationalist since mid-June, erstwhile his agency said he was hospitalized and recovering, but did not elaborate connected his condition.
After weeks of silence, and mounting speculation astir his health, McConnell’s agency provided an update connected 12 July, wherever they said that he was recovering astatine a rehabilitation halfway aft having been admitted to nan infirmary connected 14 June aft suffering a autumn astatine his location that near him “briefly unconscious”.
In nan 12 July statement, nan legislator besides disclosed that he had besides been dealing pinch “a mild lawsuit of pneumonia” and explained nan long silence astir his information by saying that “folks of my procreation often hesitate to stock nan vulnerability that comes pinch increasing older”.
McConnell has missed 38 Senate votes since he was hospitalized. He said past twelvemonth that he would not activity re-election, and is group to discontinue from nan Senate astatine nan extremity of his term, successful January.
McConnell’s agency besides released an image of nan legislator pinch his wife, Elaine Chao, which nan caption states was from Sunday, 26 July.
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Along pinch nan connection and photograph, McConnell’s agency besides released a connection from nan agency of nan attending expert (OAP) successful US Congress.
“OAP physicians sojourn pinch nan Senator each day, discussing each aspects of his rehabilitation care,” nan OAP connection said. “Since his discharge from infirmary care, he has maintained a strenuous people of beingness therapy and rehabilitation, including aggregate sessions a time designed to rebuild spot and trim nan consequence of early falls.”
“His bout pinch puerility polio continues to beryllium a important facet successful his mobility,” it added. “He is not yet medically cleared to time off nan rehab installation and return to nan office.”
