Ted Kennedy’s Family, and Cancer.
As we all know, Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. This isn’t the first time that he and his family has had to deal with Cancer – and no, it’s not his parents, or siblings who have battled the disease, it’s his children.
In 1973, when he was just 12 years old, bone cancer was discovered in the right leg of Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. The type of cancer was believed to be very aggressive, and, at that time there were not as many treatment options. His right leg was amputated to combat the disease.
In 1988, Kennedy’s youngest son, Patrick, had a tumor (albeit non-cancerous) removed from his spine and spent a month in the hospital recovering.
In 2002, Kara Kennedy Allen, Kennedy’s daughter and oldest child, was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. The prognosis was not good. Ms. Allen credits her father with finding a doctor who would preform surgery – and she is now cancer free.
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