Medicine: Teddy's Ordeal

Like other members of his family. Edward M. Kennedy Jr., 12, was highly competitive and athletic. He played on the football team at the Washington area's exclusive St. Albans School, where he is in the seventh grade. He rafted down the Colorado River with his father, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, played a vigorous game of tennis on the family courts at McLean, Va., and skied at Sun Valley. Now young Teddy faces a drastic change in his lifestyle. Last week he was recovering from the amputation of his right leg above the knee...

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