RALEIGH (AP) ó North Carolina state Rep. Becky Carney has returned to a Raleigh hospital a day after she was released following treatment for a heart condition.
The House Principal Clerk’s Office said Carney was readmitted Monday and was being tested for a possible infection. Carney had been released Sunday from Wake Med hospital.
Wake Med spokeswoman Heather Monackey said Carney was in good condition Monday afternoon.
The 64-year-old Carney collapsed at her legislative office last Thursday and went into cardiac arrest due to a heart arrhythmia. A colleague said the four-term Mecklenburg County Democrat had no pulse but was revived thanks to CPR and a defibrillator.
Doctors implanted a combination pacemaker and defibrillator on Carney’s heart late last week.