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...weeks after his right leg was amputated above the knee to prevent the spread of a rare form of can cer, Teddy Kennedy Jr., 12, appears to be making an excellent recovery. Having adjusted to his new leg well enough to walk a few steps without crutches, Teddy confidently joined a pre-Christmas family sledding party in Virginia. Then he arrived at Palm Beach for a vacation with his family at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Rose Kennedy. He rejected a waiting wheelchair at the airport and made his own way to the car. The next day, Teddy, wearing...
...three years I successfully curried her favor--it was the only way to function. I memorized all the assigned passages, never chewed gum, and wore skirts no shorter than two inches above the knee. I knew she liked me best because she let me fill her water glass. I asked myself the question that Hebe must have asked perennially, "Do I dare fix her drink...
...MAIN ATTRACTION, of course, was Winter, a ghostly figure in silver-sparkled sneakers and knee pads to protect him during his stage acrobatics. Winter played keyboards, drums and sax with a vengeance, but the crowd reacted most to his haunting voice that can range from a mellow bass to a piercing shriek. Most of this show was shrieking, as Winter opened with his driving "Keep Playing That Rock and Roll" and went straight through to his last encore of "Undercover Man" without letting...
Young Teddy's ordeal began earlier this month when he told his father that his leg hurt and that there was a swelling below his knee. The Senator, who is chairman of the Subcommitee on Health, called a committee consultant, who in turn recommended a specialist...
...hour-long operation, on the following Saturday morning, appeared to go equally well. Doctors cut back the skin, muscle and other tissue, sawed through the bone above the knee and then drew the remaining tissue down to form a well-padded stump. Teddy's recovery seems to be going even better. A day after the operation, he left his bed briefly and read some of the thousands of letters and telegrams wishing him a speedy recovery...