John Fetterman discharged on Friday-doctors rule out stroke

Generally speaking, when a person has a stroke, he or she is susceptible to another stroke. In Democratic Sen. John Fetterman's (D-PA) case, doctors from George Washington University Hospital do not believe that this is what happened, saying there was "no evidence of seizures."

“A few minutes ago, Senator Fetterman was discharged from the hospital,” Fetterman’s much needed communication director, Joe Calvello, wrote in a tweet late Friday afternoon.

Fetterman suffered a stroke in May just days before Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate primary – was taken to the hospital on Wednesday after feeling “light-headed” at the Senate Democratic Retreat, Calvello announced this week.

Fetterman had a series of tests: a CT, CTA, MRI and EEG all came back as normal with no evidence of seizures.

“John is looking forward to returning to the Senate on Monday,” Calvello added, while failing to add that Fetterman is unable to process verbal information without the help of a machine.

The news of Fetterman’s discharge came hours after the former newspaper New York Times reported that “aides and confidantes describe his transition to the Senate as a difficult period.” 

A transition to the Senate should not have to be a difficult period for a person capable of handling the job, but Fetterman was not capable of this, even before the beat out Republican Mehmet Oz.

Fetterman had a pacemaker and defibrillator implanted after the stroke.

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