HARRISBURG, PA - JANUARY 17: U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) and his wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, stand during the singing of the National Anthem before Josh Shapiro was sworn in as Governor of Pennsylvania at the State Capitol Building on Janu ((Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images))HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Sen.
John Fetterman has left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after six weeks of inpatient treatment for clinical depression, with plans to return to the Senate when the chamber resumes session in mid-April, his office said Friday.In a statement, Fetterman's office said he is back home in Braddock, in western Pennsylvania, with his depression "in remission" and gave details on his treatment including that his depression was treated with medication and that he is wearing hearing aids for hearing loss.Fetterman, who has a wife and three school-age children, said he is happy to be home."I’m excited to be the father and husband I want to be, and the senator Pennsylvania deserves.
Pennsylvanians have always had my back, and I will always have theirs," said Fetterman said. "I am extremely grateful to the incredible team at Walter Reed.
The care they provided changed my life."Fetterman will return to the Senate the week of April 17.Fetterman checked into Walter Reed after weeks of what aides described as Fetterman being withdrawn and uninterested in eating, discussing work or the usual banter with staff.Fetterman, 53, was barely a month into his service in Washington and still recovering from the aftereffects of the stroke he suffered last May during his campaign when he went to Walter Reed on the advice of the Capitol physician, Dr.