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One of the new Meningitis cases is a 72 year old woman from Bethpage in Sumner County, and her family is talking ONLY to FOX17. Johnnie McKee received a steroid shot at St. Thomas Hospital September 5 to treat back pain. The tainted shot was mixed at the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. Fred McKee says they thought they were out of the woods when they made it past the 28-day incubation period, but yesterday doctors told them to head to the hospital when his wife started experiencing an unusual pain in her tail bone. Tests at St. Thomas confirmed it was Meningitis and Mrs. McKee began a powerful IV drug therapy.
"She will do that for approximately 6 days and they'll do another spinal tap and compare the benchmark with the one they took last night as a beginning point," says McKee's husband Fred. "So, I think she's doing fine. I really do. Her spirits are good."
Part of the reason for that optimism is doctors say Mrs. McKee was in excellent health when she came in. Fred McKee says they've got a lot of support from their children and church family and he's optimistic about a complete recovery. We'll have CONTINUING COVERAGE of the Meningitis outbreak. You'll get any overnight developments on TENNESSEE MORNINGS. You can stay up to date by going to Fox17.com and clicking on MENINGITIS in the HOT TOPICS section, or Facebook.com/FoxNashville.
"She will do that for approximately 6 days and they'll do another spinal tap and compare the benchmark with the one they took last night as a beginning point," says McKee's husband Fred. "So, I think she's doing fine. I really do. Her spirits are good."
Part of the reason for that optimism is doctors say Mrs. McKee was in excellent health when she came in. Fred McKee says they've got a lot of support from their children and church family and he's optimistic about a complete recovery. We'll have CONTINUING COVERAGE of the Meningitis outbreak. You'll get any overnight developments on TENNESSEE MORNINGS. You can stay up to date by going to Fox17.com and clicking on MENINGITIS in the HOT TOPICS section, or Facebook.com/FoxNashville.
Wednesday, October 10 2012, 10:48 PM CDT
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Tishomingo County voters OK beer, alcohol sales
May 22, 2013 23:38 GMT
IUKA, Miss. (AP) -- Tishomingo County is the latest Mississippi jurisdiction to legalize alcohol sales.
Voters approved the sale of liquor, wine and beer Tuesday, reports the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/13JCcix).
It wasn't clear referendums would pass until affidavit ballots were counted Wednesday.
With more than half Tishomingo County's voters casting ballots, legalizing alcohol passed by 42 votes, while legalizing beer and light wine passed by 73. The county borders Alabama and Tennessee.
Lawmakers legalized liquor at a proposed resort at the county's Bay Springs Lake in 2010, but it wasn't built.
Greene County voters legalized beer sales last year, while Corinth, New Albany and Senatobia have legalized alcohol sales under a 2012 law that allows cities to hold votes.
Mississippi has 13 remaining counties that allow no beer or alcohol sales.
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