Longtime Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont has damaged a hip in a fall at his residence and should endure surgical procedure to restore it, his workplace stated in an announcement Thursday.
The 82-year-old Democrat fell Wednesday night time in McLean, Virginia, the assertion stated. Docs decided the very best plan of action could be to have surgical procedure to restore the hip as quickly as attainable.
Leahy, who was born blind in a single eye, "has had a lifelong wrestle with lowered depth notion," the assertion stated. "He has taken some outstanding dingers over time, however this one lastly caught up with him."
However he is "anticipated to make a full restoration and start a wholesome course of bodily remedy instantly."
Leahy is the longest-serving sitting senator. He introduced in November that he won't search reelection this fall. By the point his time period expires in January 2023, he could have served for 48 years within the Senate.
The Vermont senator is the final of the so-called Watergate infants, the surge of congressional Democrats elected in 1974 after President Richard Nixon resigned to keep away from impeachment.