Posted on 11/16/2025 4:17:45 AM PST by Libloather
Sen. John Fetterman shared a graphic recovery photo Saturday, two days after a fall near his Pennsylvania home sent him to a Pittsburgh hospital with a facial injury caused by a ventricular fibrillation flare-up.
Fetterman, D-Pa., posted the close-up selfie on X Saturday, showing a stitched gash across his cheek as he held an iced coffee.
"Twenty stitches later and a full recovery, I’m back home," he wrote, thanking doctors at UPMC for "putting me back together" and supporters for their well-wishes. He posted the image just two days after he was hospitalized early Thursday.
A spokesperson said the senator was out for a morning walk near his home in Braddock when he suddenly became light-headed, collapsed and struck his face. Doctors later determined the fall was triggered by a flare-up of ventricular fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm that can cause dizziness or sudden loss of balance.
Fetterman remained at UPMC for observation and medication adjustments before being discharged and returning home. His office said he is "doing well" and recuperating with his wife, Gisele, and their children.
He tried to joke about the incident in a statement Thursday, saying, "If you thought my face looked bad before, wait until you see it now!"
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He is still a pro-union commie on most things. But he was a singular voice of reason slamming his own party during their shutdown.
Yeah, I don’t know if that’s the problem with her, she hasn’t said. BUT one of my wife’s cousins’ husband is having a pacemaker installed this week. That IS what his problem is.
Amen to that!
Low pulse rate?
An ER Dr told me my 30 BPM was too slow, so I got a (free) Pacemaker.
Yikes. Have to admire him for voting 15 times to keep the US government open, though.
“ , an irregular heart rhythm that can cause dizziness or sudden loss of balance.”
I think they misspelled “death.”
I don’t know, could be…
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