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I wanted to make sure that we could update the people of Illinois on my progress against
the stroke, and provide regular updates.
The progress that I have made has been very encouraging – learning to walk again and
improving my speaking skills, all due to the experts at the Rehabilitation Institute of
Chicago.
There have been some exciting moments – when I climbed every story of the RIC building!
The changes to my daily life have been very
important. Now I’m no longer in inpatient; now I’m in my own library, back in fort
Sheridan, Illinois.
Almost every day I’ve been briefed as events unfolded to keep track of what could be important
for the state of Illinois.
Very good to be at home, out of an institution. Right now I talk to my staff several times
a day to talk about key issues.
I’ve been keeping up with Senate business by the regular emails from the minority leader
sends out regarding upcoming votes.
I’ve also met with other members of Congress including the Congresswoman for Hinsdale,
Judy Biggert, and it’s been really touching to have these visits from colleagues who come
all the way from Washington. They have been really morale boosters.
I’m working on a project with Senator Durbin
right now to make sure we have a US Attorney who is just as good as Patrick Fitzgerald,
one of the best public servants we have ever seen in the state of Illinois.
Senator Durbin and I have come up with a bipartisan
panel of distinguished jurists to review applications for the US Attorney job. Our state really
needs a good US attorney that is as much like Patrick Fitzgerald as we can get
So, I released this video to make sure that
people know what my condition is, to be an example to other Illinois family that may
unfortunately have to survive stroke. I want to thank Illinois for their patience with
this patient to recover from a big stroke, to make sure that they know that your loved
one can recover quite a bit.