SOMERVILLE, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was released from a hospital Thursday evening following emergency treatment for asthma after having difficulty breathing.
The 48-year-old governor, who uses an inhaler for asthma, was taken to Somerset Medical Center about 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The blunt-talking governor, whom some Republicans have been trying to persuade to run for president, was headed to a bill-signing event when he felt unwell.
Christie told reporters as he left the hospital that he woke up in the morning not feeling great and his rescue inhaler didn’t work as well as it normally does. He says he thought about his four kids and decided it would be best to go to the hospital.
Christie said doctors performed an EKG, blood work and chest X-ray, and all tests came back normal.
“I’m a little tired. Other than tired, I feel fine,” Christie said.
The Associated Press
