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By MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press WriterSMITHFIELD, R.I. - Sen. Edward Kennedy enjoyed the Father's Day weekend surrounded by family at his home and preparing to "do battle," undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments for his brain cancer, said his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy.
The Rhode Island congressman told The Associated Press his father had been comforted by the company of friends and family in recent days, but that his visitors were aware he needed moments of quiet and breaks from entertaining as he fights the cancerous brain tumor.
"Everyone wants to be with him. But we also need to give him space and time to recover, where he doesn't have to be 'on,'" he said. "He's been through a lot. We want him to be strong for when he needs to do battle."
The Massachusetts Democrat returned to his home at Hyannis Port, Mass., on June 9, a week after undergoing aggressive surgery for the malignant glioma at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. He will undergo further treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he was diagnosed with the lethal tumor last month.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080615/ap_on_re_us/kennedy_cancer_1;_ylt=AhTnZqeHPyHmlmLqgKBstTtH2ocA
There is a great slide show that links off of this story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Sen-Edward-Kennedy/ss/events/us/051708tedkennedy/s:/ap/20080615/ap_on_re_us/kennedy_cancer/im:/080526/480/1c3edaa3943b4441b707e9f689e51a8d/#photoViewer=/080609/480/ff8b5a7ba5ca429a976b2d4339e5bd20Lots of great pictures and yeah, they teared me up on this Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to you Senator Kennedy. :loveya: