INDIANAPOLIS -- U.S. Rep. Julia Carson has been discharged from an Indianapolis hospital and is now in a rehabilitation center in the city, her press secretary said Thursday.

The 69-year-old Democrat from Indianapolis was admitted Sept. 21 to the city's Methodist Hospital after complaining of leg pain and fatigue.

Carson's office said last week she was being treated for a deep infection in her leg near the area where a vein was removed in January 1997 when she underwent double heart bypass surgery.

Her office also said last week that she might require some rehabilitation to fully regain walking ability.

Chad Chitwood, Carson's press secretary, said he believed she was discharged and taken to a rehabilitation center on Monday, but he could not immediately confirm that date. He also could not say what condition she was in, but said, "She was doing well when I talked to her last." He said that was Sept. 28.

Carson was elected to her first term in 1996. She has been plagued by health problems during her years in Congress and suffers from high blood pressure, asthma and diabetes.