Lujan, 49, started to experience dizziness and fatigue on Thursday and checked himself into Christus St. Vincent Regional Hospital in Santa Fe and then transferred to UNM Hospital in Albuquerque where he was found “to have suffered a stroke in the cerebellum, affecting his balance,” said Carlos Sanchez, Lujan’s chief of staff, in a statement.
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“As part of his treatment plan, he subsequently underwent decompressive surgery to ease swelling,” Sanchez added.
His office did not specify when the first-term senator plans to be back in Washington.
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