Posted on 03/25/2023 10:01:51 AM PDT by simpson96
Five weeks after Sen. John Fetterman’s hospitalization for clinical depression, his staff says the stay is coming to an end soon, though no certain timeline was offered for his return.
“John will be out soon,” spokesperson Joe Calvello said. “Over a week but soon. Recovery is going really well. We have an amazing team at Walter Reed.”
Fetterman’s public acknowledgment in mid-February that he was suffering from depression and decision to seek treatment were heralded by many of his colleagues as a courageous disclosure about an often stigmatized topic. Intense scrutiny over his recovery and inpatient care has continued, though, after questions about his long-term health after a stroke in May.
A five-week hospital stay is considered somewhat long for inpatient depression care. But members of Fetterman’s team have said they aren’t rushing his return and they expect him to be able to return to the key requirements of his new job.
“It’s about John getting the care he needs and not rushing this,” a senior aide told The Inquirer. “Six weeks is a grain of sand in a six-year term. He’s doing what he needs to do.”
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Wonder if he’ll ever talk!
Fetterwoman is DOA.
“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!”
Actually TWO no brainers.
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