U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) was hospitalized Thursday after suffering a stroke

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https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/sen-ben-ray-lujan-hospitalized-with-discovered-stroke-/6376916/

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan was hospitalized Thursday after suffering a stroke, his Chief of Staff said Tuesday.

Senator Lujan checked into a Santa Fe hospital after reporting symptoms of dizziness and fatigue early Thursday morning. The senator was transferred to UNM Hospital for further evaluation.

At UNMH, he underwent decompressive surgery after it was discovered he suffered a stroke in the cerebellum.

The senator's Chief of Staff reported he is resting comfortably at UNMH and is expected to make a full recovery.

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1. Expected to make a full recovery..... I just exhaled. Get well Senator.

[calimary]

5. Yeah, me too!

[riversedge]

2. Rest well Sen. Lujan.

[mcar]

3. Get well soon, Senator

[mahina]

4. Wishing him health and comfort

And a full and fast recovery.

[LoisB]

6. Get well, Senator, we need you. Didn't mean that to sound selfish. I want him to just get well

period.

[Talitha]

7. Good thing he acted on it and got himself checked out.

Get well soon!

[slightlv]

8. Good!

I just exhaled, too! I thought I heard he'd had covid, and my first thought was a stroke while I under covid. I immediately went to worst case envisioned. I am SO glad he's going to be okay. We've got to many good guys vulnerable right now, especially. Too much going on, between covid and the crazies out there with guns. Lady, keep each and everyone of them safe and sound in Your loving arms, I pray!

[BadgerMom]

9. Get well soon, Senator.

[DET]

10. Not So Fast

Maybe I’ve just gotten too cynical, but it’s the Senator’s chief of staff who is quoted as saying that he’s ‘expected to make a full recovery’, not his doctors. He had a bleed in his cerebellum, which controls movement and balance, among other things. My brother also had a stroke from a cerebellum bleed (AVM) and he definitely did not make a full recovery. Also, this happened last Thursday. Why are we just hearing about this now?

[elleng]

11. He's only 49.

Get well, sir.

[Grins]

12. There's nothing 'good' in this post!

It changes the balance of the Senate.