Mississippi Rep. Alan Nunnelee moved to hospice
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 âno further medical treatment is possible.â Story Continued Below âAfter 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,â Baldwin said. âOn 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.â 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. Nunnelee was elected in 2010 after defeating Rep. Travis Childers, a Democrat.