`` It 's important to make that connection , because the earlier you treat this , the better , '' says Dr. Howard Kirshner , vice chairman of the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt , who has treated patients in this outbreak . Judge Eddie Lovelace initially was thought to have died of a stroke . The judge had been in the hospital for several days and his family said he appeared fine on Monday. Other cases will `` gradually come to light , '' one doctor says . Lovelace 's wife says his death was `` useless ''
Judge Eddie Lovelace initially was thought to have died of a stroke . The judge had been in the hospital for several days and his family said he appeared fine on Monday. Other cases will `` gradually come to light , '' one doctor says . Lovelace 's wife says his death was `` useless ''