Rep. Castle Rests At Home After Strokes
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Delaware's longest serving congressman was released from a hospital Wednesday, five days after suffering two minor strokes.
U.S. Rep. Michael Castle has been hospitalized since Saturday.
"I am not a very good patient, so it will be good to be home and get some rest," Castle said in a prepared statement. "I look forward to making a full recovery and hope to be back to my regular activities in due time."
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The strokes involved a blood vessel serving adjacent areas of the thalamus, an area of the brain involved in processing sensory signals such as pain and pressure.
Doctors have said they expect the 67-year-old Republican to recover fully with no lasting impairment.
Castle, a former two-term governor, lieutenant governor and state legislator, is seeking an eighth term as the state's sole representative in the House.
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"Our biggest challenge will be keeping him off the campaign trail, so I am recommending he get plenty of rest and do nothing strenuous over the next several weeks," cardiologist Dr. Michael Stillabower said in a statement released by Castle's office.
Castle is being challenged in the November elections by Democrat Dennis Spivack, Independent Karen Hartley-Nagle, and Green Party candidate Michael Berg.