Sen. Chris Murphy was released from the hospital after suffering a stroke last week and faces several weeks of recovery before returning to the Senate, his office announced on Friday.
“The doctors are very encouraged by the progress I’ve made so far,” Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said in a statement. “In order to take my recovery seriously and get back to work on the quickest timeline possible, I will be spending several weeks at a rehabilitation center after being discharged from the hospital today.”
Murphy added that he has continued to work with his staff and fellow lawmakers from his hospital room.
“As I’m working towards a full recovery, I am staying engaged with my team and colleagues remotely, and my staff continues to carry out our legislative priorities, serve constituents, and ensure the work of my office continues uninterrupted,” Murphy continued.
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Murphy said that he was diagnosed with a small bleed in his brain after being hospitalized last weekend.
Dr. Jose Suarez, the chief of Neurosciences Critical Care at Johns Hopkins Hospital, said that Murphy is expected to make a full recovery with rehabilitation.
“Senator Murphy experienced a small hemorrhagic stroke,” Suarez said in a statement. “He has shown tremendous progress, and at the current rate of improvement.”
Murphy had been at his son’s hockey game when he started feeling numbness in his arm. He was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to Johns Hopkins.
Several other Senate Democrats have experienced strokes in recent years. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) both missed time in the upper chamber after strokes in 2022.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) has also been vocal about suffering a near fatal stroke while he was a Senate candidate in 2022.
Murphy is a member of Senate Democratic leadership and is considered a potential presidential candidate for 2028.
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