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Last week the sad cycle of recovery and relapse grew worse. On Tuesday, physicians discovered that Neves was suffering a strangulated hernia, which made him susceptible to a breakdown of tissue. Once again he was operated on. Two days later the physicians discovered that their patient had a new infection in his lungs, which could be fatal. More surgery was performed, this time to drain two abscesses. It was Neves' fifth operation in 21 days. As relatives and friends prepared themselves for the worst, Neves began to show signs of growing stronger, and was said by a spokesman...
Ferraro seemed fired up by her press conference, eager to get back into the political fight. Zaccaro, who has lost ten pounds in a fortnight, appeared tired. In the rush of events, he had postponed checking into a hospital for a minor hernia operation-an added problem in what Ferraro described as "one of the worst weeks of our lives...
...question, whether students can hope to hear Bowie in person at the workshop meetings this afternoon, unfortunately meets with a negative. The trumpeter underwent a hernia operation barely a week ago, and is still unable to blow. Aficionados will be pleased to know that Bowie continues to sport a white laboratory coat in concert ("to symbolize the research we're doing into different types of music, different types of reaction"), and his beard still emerges in two prongs from his chin ("I've always been a firm believer in individual expression...
...Arcadia, for example, a hernia operation for a two-year-old child recently cost $450; the same surgery, if performed at a local children's hospital, would have run to $ 1,200 (excluding the surgeon's and anesthesiologist's fees in both cases). Similarly, cataract surgery at the center costs $700, compared with $1,700 charged at nearby Methodist Hospital of Southern California. Instead of paying $100 to $400 for a night in the hospital, patients at the new clinics are sent home with instructions on how to care for themselves. "They know what to anticipate...
...want prayer for arthritis, stand up. Maybe it's in your neck, your shoulders, your back. Maybe in your hips or your knees. Who has a problem in your stomach and you want prayer? Kidney, liver, hernia, colon-any problem in the stomach? Please stand for prayer...