Months after aneurysm, SC senator thankful for recovery
LITTLE RIVER, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina state Sen. Greg Hembree says he's counting his blessings this holiday season, a few months after he was hospitalized following a broken blood vessel in his brain.
Hembree recently sat down with The Sun News of Myrtle Beach at his Little River home to reflect on his recovery from a brain aneurysm.
The 58-year-old Republican was hospitalized July 26. His condition worsened after contracting pneumonia and a blood infection, likely from an IV, and Hembree was placed into a medically-induced coma for eight days.
Hembree says hundreds of get-well cards were delivered to his hospital room. His wife, Renee, says friends, family and strangers put meals in their garage refrigerator.