Word: abscessed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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RECOVERING. Gary Coleman, 15, cheeky child star of television's Different Strokes; from an abscess around the site of his 1973 kidney transplant; in Los Angeles. The problem was discovered while he awaited a second donated kidney; the first is failing. Coleman suffers from nephritis, a congenital kidney ailment, and until a year ago took drugs that inhibited the disease (and stunted his growth; he is now 4 ft. 2 in.). When he is well enough, he will try again for a new transplant...
...complete workup on a cat, with blood and other tests, can cost $100. Owner Dr. William H. Sullivan, 37, like many vets, credits the cat's fabled healing power for its customary good health. The skin of the cat heals so fast that one common complaint is abscess: the skin is repaired before the infection beneath has cleared up. "Cats make animal surgeons look good," says Sullivan. One other advantage in treating felines: cat owners, say some vets, pay their bills more readily than dog owners...
...like an American revolutionary. After a season of continual hard hits in the middle of the scrum, a bruise in Oberg's temple region had opened up and required stitches. A week before the New England's the stitches became infected, leaving Oberg with a nasty, swollen, pus filled abscess in the side of his head...