Kennedy Is Released From Hospital

Senator Edward M. Kennedy was released from a North Carolina hospital on Monday, one week after undergoing surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor. With his aids he returned home to his home in Hyannis Port. He was released from the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and had been resting complication free. Kennedy, 76, was diagnosed about three weeks ago with a malignant glioma in the left parietal lob of his brain shortly after suffering a seizure at a family residence on Cape Cod. This prognosis is a very unpromising one and at first it seemed that his doctors had ruled out surgery because of the high risk of causing damage to his parietal lobe. This is an area involved in language and motor control. His doctors eventually decided it was the right choice. The surgeons, last week, sliced away as much of the cancer as possible during a three hour surgery. Mr. Kennedy, in the up coming days, will start targeted radiation and chemotherapy at Massachusetts General Hospital. From what has been seen, Kennedy has appeared to be doing well. The day after he heard his diagnosis, he appeared strong as he walked out of the medical center with his family. It seems that Mr. Kennedy will be recuperating largely in private.

Edward Kennedy is the only living of his Kennedy brothers. His oldest brother Joe Jr.’s plan was shoot down during World War II on August 12, 1944. His other older brother John was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. On June 5, 1968, Edward’s last brother was assassinated in a Los Angeles hotel immediately following his victory in the California Democratic presidential primary.

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