Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) introduced Sunday that he was admitted to a hospital after having a stroke amid his marketing campaign for the U.S. Senate.
The 52-year-old, in an announcement and video message posted to social media, stated he’s “effectively on my method to a full restoration” and he doesn’t count on his hospitalization to discourage his marketing campaign earlier than Pennsylvania’s main on Tuesday.
“The excellent news is I’m feeling significantly better, and the docs inform me I didn’t undergo any cognitive injury. I’m effectively on my method to a full restoration. So I’ve rather a lot to be pleased about,” he stated within the assertion.
Fetterman stated he went to a hospital Friday to get checked out on the urging of his spouse after he had been not feeling effectively. There, docs decided that he had a stroke from a blood clot in his coronary heart that was prompted from being in atrial fibrillation for too lengthy.
Atrial fibrillation, also called Afib, is when a coronary heart beats irregularly, which might trigger blood to gather within the coronary heart’s chambers and kind clots, according to the Mayo Clinic.
“The wonderful docs right here have been in a position to shortly and fully take away the clot, reversing the stroke, they received my coronary heart below management as effectively. It’s an excellent reminder to hearken to your physique and pay attention to the indicators,” he stated within the assertion.
