BILLINGS – Former Sen. Conrad Burns has been transferred out of the intensive care unit at a Washington, D.C. hospital as the Montana Republican continues to recover from a Dec. 9 stroke, his family said Thursday.
In a statement issued through U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., Garrett Burns said his father was moved to the neurological ward at Georgetown University Hospital late Wednesday night.
“Dad’s progress has been very good,” Garrett Burns said. “He’s glad to be moving out of the ICU, although he is eager to leave the hospital altogether so he can get back to Montana. In the meantime, he’s able to carry on conversations, and now that he’s got a TV, he’s watching Fox News and arguing with the pundits.”
Burns, 74, served three terms in the Senate and went to work for a Washington lobbying firm after losing the 2006 election. He recently sold his house in Arlington, Va., and plans to move back to Montana.