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Article: Kennedy conscious after seizure
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- May 18, 2008
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BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the lone surviving son in a
famed political family, suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod home
Saturday morning but was recovering well enough by afternoon to
watch a Red Sox game from his hospital room.
The 76-year-old Kennedy did not suffer a stroke, as was first
feared, and doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital said he is not
in any immediate danger.
"He's resting comfortably and watching the Red Sox game with his
family," said Dr. Larry Ronan, his primary-care physician. "Over the
next couple of days, Senator Kennedy will undergo further evaluation
to determine the cause of the seizure, and a course of treatment
will be determined at that time."
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