by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
He is suffering from MRSA pneumonia.
According to TMZ, Monroe’s wife, Shawna Stewart, said he was hospitalized after being repeatedly misdiagnosed. She clarified the meningitis went untreated for months due to repeated misdiagnoses, allowing the infection to spread to his spine and brain. He was diagnosed April 28 with MRSA.
“Around 18 months ago, Samuel was in Las Vegas filming, and unfortunately, that is where he contracted meningitis,” she said. “He went to several different hospitals, where his condition was repeatedly misdiagnosed, and because of this negligence, the meningitis went untreated for eight months.”
She said that by the time the infection was rightfully identified, it had “already spread not only to his spine but also to his brain.”
Joyce Patton, Monroe’s mother, took to Facebook to ask for prayers for her son.
Stewart and Monroe have two children together, Kingston, 12, and Brooklynn, 11.
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Source: Black Enterprise
