Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama is recovering at home after being hospitalized over the weekend . Britt was elected to the Senate in November after securing the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Shelby whom she had previously served as chief of staff . Doctors determined that her symptoms were a result of swelling of a facial nerve most likely caused by a postviral infection she said in a statement . Britts win was historic becoming the first woman elected to Alabama from Alabama in a historic win . She said recovery could take several weeks and her condition is not lifethreatening and recovery is expected to be several weeks . Britt said in the statement that she had been admitted to a hospital after she experienced a sudden onset of numbness in her face and a specialist from UAB has concurred with the prognosis and course of treatment she continued to continue to treat her symptoms of a post-viral infections . She was also diagnosed with an infection that was likely to be caused by an infection, which is not life-threatening enough to be cured by a viral viral infection, she said on Monday morning, but she is now in good spirits . She is back on good spirits at home and is recovering in good health, according to the statement. She said she is in a good spirits and is not in a long-term remission, which she said she will be back on a good health. She is in good shape again and she is back in good condition. She was back on her feet again and is back at work again, she was back at home again and back in the air again and her family is back again, back in touch with her family again, saying she has a good mood, she has been back at school again and again,
GOP senator recovering at home after hospitalization for facial numbness . GOP senator was hospitalized
