Jimmie E. Gates, The Clarion-Ledger 11:01 a.m. CDT August 29, 2014
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U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee, who recently underwent brain surgery, is coming home to Mississippi to continue his outpatient rehabilitation treatment.
The Mississippi congressman has spent the past few weeks in a rehabilitation center at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Nunnelee said today he grew up in Columbus and was a member of the Caldwell Bobcats football team.
“My recent illness has caused me to be hospitalized for an extended period and unfortunately, it has physically separated me from the places and people I dearly love,” Nunnelee said in a statement. “My medical team says I have made significant progress, and in their expert opinion, I am now ready to return to my beloved Mississippi for the remainder of my outpatient stroke rehabilitation. Today, I find my teammate's sentiment of 40 years ago echoing in my heart, "Goin' home.”
Nunnelee’s spokeswoman Elizabeth Parks said the congressman is doing well and getting better each day.
Nunnelee went to a hospital in Washington on May 7 complaining of fatigue and nausea. Doctors later discovered a mass on his brain. He underwent surgery June 9 at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and later went to a rehab center at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital there.
Nunnelee transferred in late June to Johns Hopkins, where he was working to improve his speech and mobility on his left side. He also started chemotherapy and radiation.
Contact Jimmie E. Gates at jgates@jackson.gannett.com or (601) 961-7212. Follow @jgatesnews on Twitter.
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U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee, who recently underwent brain surgery, is coming home to Mississippi to continue his outpatient rehabilitation treatment.
The Mississippi congressman has spent the past few weeks in a rehabilitation center at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Nunnelee said today he grew up in Columbus and was a member of the Caldwell Bobcats football team.
“My recent illness has caused me to be hospitalized for an extended period and unfortunately, it has physically separated me from the places and people I dearly love,” Nunnelee said in a statement. “My medical team says I have made significant progress, and in their expert opinion, I am now ready to return to my beloved Mississippi for the remainder of my outpatient stroke rehabilitation. Today, I find my teammate's sentiment of 40 years ago echoing in my heart, "Goin' home.”
Nunnelee’s spokeswoman Elizabeth Parks said the congressman is doing well and getting better each day.
Nunnelee went to a hospital in Washington on May 7 complaining of fatigue and nausea. Doctors later discovered a mass on his brain. He underwent surgery June 9 at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and later went to a rehab center at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital there.
Nunnelee transferred in late June to Johns Hopkins, where he was working to improve his speech and mobility on his left side. He also started chemotherapy and radiation.
Contact Jimmie E. Gates at jgates@jackson.gannett.com or (601) 961-7212. Follow @jgatesnews on Twitter.
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