Kennedy’s Son Has Spinal Growth Excised
Associated Press
BOSTON —
Patrick Joseph Kennedy, the younger son of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), had surgery to remove a non-malignant growth pressing on his spinal cord and was in satisfactory condition today, a spokesman said.
Kennedy, 20, a sophomore at Providence College, was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday after complaining of headaches and back pains. The growth was removed Thursday.
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