Mississippi Rep. Alan Nunnelee moved to hospice

[brooklynite]

Politico:

Republican Rep. Alan Nunnelee has been moved to hospice care following a seven-month fight with cancer.

Morgan Baldwin, a consultant for the Mississippi Republican, said in a statement that doctors found a new tumor in Nunnelee and that “no further medical treatment is possible.”

“After seven months of bravely fighting brain cancer and a stroke, Congressman Alan Nunnelee was informed last Friday that a new tumor has developed and no further medical treatment is possible,” Baldwin said. “On Monday of this week, Alan came home and is resting comfortably with family. The family continues to ask for your prayers and requests privacy out of respect for Congressman Nunnelee.”

Nunnelee was diagnosed in May with cancers after doctors discovered a tumor in his brain. His condition worsened after he had a stroke during an operation to remove the first tumor. He briefly returned to Capitol Hill in a wheelchair following the November elections but has been receiving treatment for most of the past month that kept him from Congress.

With all due compassion for his condition, perhaps he shouldn't have run for re-election?

[valerief]

1. He's a Republican. He doesn't give a shit. He only wants what HE wants. nt

[TwilightGardener]

2. Fighting cancer and recovering from a stroke at the same time--

and then the cancer reoccurs so quickly. That has to be devastating. God bless him and his family, no matter what their politics are.