The mayor, 73, previously said he was preparing to exercise at his home Feb. 27 when the incident occurred. He remains hospitalized at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said Tammy Barrett, his personal business assistant of 14 years, on behalf of the family.
"He's not totally blind in that eye, but they found some blockages in the arteries in his neck, so they had to do surgery on March 6 to put a stent in the right side of his neck," Barrett said. "During that procedure, he had a second slight stroke that caused some weakness in the left side of his body. The family's asking for prayers."
To make matters worse, while Spivey was recovering from the surgery, he developed a lung infection a few days later, she said. It has now cleared up, but doctors are running additional tests.
"We just want everyone to know where we are. The doctors wouldn't initially say it was a stroke, but they were leaning that way. This week is when they've definitely let us know what was going on," Barrett explained, adding that visits are still limited to family only.
For the writers of the site we want to wish him well and hope the family stays hopefull that he can return home soon.
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