Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said he is recovering at home after suffering a concussion and “brain bleed” following a fall on the ice during a weekend trip home to North Dakota.
“While walking on the hill down to the dock, I stepped on ice and evidently fell hard, hitting the back of my head,” Cramer said Monday in a post on Facebook, a day after the incident, while sharing a photo of the wound.
“I do not remember anything from the fall until arriving at Sanford Health emergency room with Kris,” he added, making reference to his wife Kris Cramer.
The North Dakota Republican said that after undergoing tests and a CT scan, he was diagnosed “with a severe concussion, a seizure, and a slight brain bleed.”
“The wound on my head wouldn’t stop oozing, so the doctor punched a couple of staples on the laceration and admitted me,” Cramer wrote.
He added that he was doing “better” on Monday “with only a slight brain bleed and pretty bad headaches.”
Cramer, 64, said it is unclear when he will return to Washington as the doctors instructed him to rest a “little” longer.
“It will be day to day this week, but I am ready to return quickly if events require it,” the senator wrote.
In June 2022, Cramer suffered a hand injury after moving a large rock. The rock crushed his pinky and ring fingers.
The senator secured his second term in the upper chamber last November, when he defeated Democrat Katrina Christiansen. He won the seat for the first time in 2018 after beating former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.).
