Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy discharged from hospital after stroke

WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says helium has been discharged from the infirmary aft suffering a changeable past play and volition miss “several weeks” of votes successful the Senate arsenic helium recovers successful a rehabilitation facility.

Murphy, 53, said successful a connection Friday that doctors are “encouraged by the progress” he’s made truthful far.

Murphy says doctors diagnosed him with a tiny hemorrhagic stroke, which is simply a bleed successful the brain. Murphy says helium called 911 past Saturday aft feeling that “something was not right” with his body.

“This has been a scary acquisition for maine and my family, and I admit the continued respect for our privacy,” helium said.