Mebane man recovering from disease caused by tick bite: 'Had to learn how to walk again'

Mebane man recovering from disease caused by tick bite: 'Had to learn how to walk again'

MEBANE, N.C. (WGHP) -- A Mebane man is now home from the hospital, recovering after a scary fall in his trailer last month. The doctors they met with are saying the root cause was an infection caused by a tick bite. Jeremy Slaughter spent 22 days in the hospital recovering from a fall that completely changed his life. “He was unable to walk, based off of the trauma that occurred from the fall, so he had to learn how to walk again,” said Jeremy’s…