CAMPAIGN ’88 : Tests for Kitty Dukakis
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Kitty Dukakis, wife of the presidential candidate, will be admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital today for several days of diagnostic tests of what appears to be two herniated cervical discs in her neck, according to the Dukakis campaign.
James Dorsey, a Dukakis spokesman, said Kitty Dukakis has suffered “some pain and numbness” for about a month.
Dorsey said Kitty Dukakis, 51, flew back to Boston Tuesday after doctors diagnosed the condition in Los Angeles, where she had been campaigning. He said the problem apparently was not from a specific accident or event, but “appears to be the result of degeneration of the discs over time.”
Martin Bander, a spokesman for Massachusetts General, said Kitty Dukakis would remain in the hospital until tests were completed next weekend. “We have to fine-tune the diagnosis to determine what needs to be done,” Bander said. She will be under the care of Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas, chief of neurosurgery at the hospital and a longtime family friend.
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