Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) was transferred out of the Intensive Care Unit last Friday after being hospitalized for about two weeks.

“Congressman Norcross’ health has continued to improve and he was transferred out of the Intensive Care Unit on Friday. He has been successfully treated for his infection and has completed his course of antibiotic. The Congressman is on his way to making a full recovery,” his office stated in a press release.

“The Congressman and his family are grateful for the well wishes and prayers he has received. Among the many people they’d like to thank are his incredible medical team, including the nurses and staff at Cooper University Health Care,” it added.

Donald Norcross’ health is improving and he’s out of intensive care, his staff says https://t.co/0lpSTLVTXI

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From The Hill:

Last week, Norcross’s office said in a press release that he had previously been admitted to an ICU at a New Jersey hospital and was said to be dealing with “an extended recovery that could require physical rehabilitation.”

Norcross was transferred to Cooper University Health Care on April 7 “following a medical incident that necessitated his hospitalization” in Raleigh, N.C., Eric Kupersmith, Cooper University Health Care chief physician executive, said in the press release from last week.

“Upon his arrival at Cooper, he was diagnosed with a gallbladder infection known as cholangitis that had progressed to sepsis,” Kupersmith wrote.

Kupersmith said a gallstone was removed from Norcross, with the doctor adding later that the 66-year-old was “responding well to treatment, but faces an extended recovery that could require physical rehabilitation.”

New Jersey Rep. Donald Norcross was hospitalized and getting treated in the ICU for sepsis after being diagnosed with a gallbladder infection, doctor sayshttps://t.co/61UJ2G4Iui

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A statement from his office said Norcross is progressing in his recovery, but noted that full improvement may be weeks away. https://t.co/AUBi6udhqf

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Per New Jersey Globe:

On the weekend of April 5, Norcross experienced an emergency medical event while flying to New Jersey, forcing his plane to divert to North Carolina; he was hospitalized there briefly before being transferred to New Jersey’s Cooper University hospital on April 7. Last week, the congressman’s doctor revealed that he had developed a gallbladder infection called cholangitis that had progressed to sepsis, a serious condition.

Norcross’s office has consistently maintained that the congressman is on the road to recovery, and today’s news of his release from the intensive care unit is the clearest sign yet in that direction.

What remains less clear, though, is how long it will be until Norcross is out of the hospital and able to return to his regular duties in Washington; his doctors may make a determination on the timeline for his release in the coming days.

“As previously announced, he had a serious illness and will need an extended recovery that could take some weeks,” his office said in response to a follow-up question on a recovery timeline.

Shortly after Norcross was hospitalized, the House took a number of critical votes on a Republican-authored budget resolution, at one point clearing a key procedural vote by a 216-215 margin. Had Norcross been there (or had two other Democratic congressmen not died in recent months), it’s possible that Democrats could have halted the Republican effort in its tracks.