Massenburg said everything was fine until Monday night
early Tuesday morning, I started getting a fever," described Massenburg
Doctors wanted to perform a tracheotomy on Massenburg, but on the same evening of those discussions her daughter and granddaughter caught WRAL's late newscastsThey learned that the Wake County Public Health Department found three cases of Legionnaires' disease at the hotel where they stayed
Experts later determined the source of the bacteria inside the Wake Forest Clarion came from the hotel’s spa"Although I didn't see it, that report saved my life," said MassenburgHe received treatment for Legionnaires' disease and has since recovered
A spokesperson for the county health department said the spa was closed and drained, which included cleaning the spa’s water systemWRAL News contacted Clarion Hotel but did not hear back