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Well-wishers send their best to Kennedy

Email|Link|Comments (4) June 2, 2008 11:45 AM

By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent

On the shuttle bus from the subway station to the Kennedy Library, passengers shared stories about their vacations, what brought them to Boston, and -- more than anything else today -- the news that Senator Edward M. Kennedy was having brain surgery at Duke University Medical Center.

"They talked about it on the news this morning, and they said that for most, after three years, it's catastrophic," said Laurel Hoeth, visiting Boston from central Wisconsin while her husband was in town for work. Her brother-in-law had the same surgery Kennedy is having and died a year later. But she said she was praying for Kennedy.

"He's got the strength, the power to beat it," she said. "And I pray the good Lord gives him the strength to beat it."

At the JFK/UMass MBTA station, Tom and Leslie Vogl, visiting Boston from Seattle, were waiting for the bus to the library. As their children goofed around, the Vogls took time to think about the ailing senator.

"We had heard on the news that individuals with this kind of cancer don't live more than three years," Leslie Vogl said. "But I think if anybody can beat it, it's him."

Tom Vogl said Kennedy's prognosis has affected him greatly. "I actually lost a good friend to brain cancer about six weeks ago, so it has certainly struck home with me," he said.

Frank Robinson of Savin Hill was standing in the parking lot of the library, where he said he was concerned, but also optimistic, about Kennedy.

"I feel pretty certain the senator will turn out OK,'' he said. "In Boston, the Kennedys, they're like the royal family."

4 comments so far...

I am praying for your healing, Senator Kennedy and will be glad to send my healing testimony, because the Lord is no respector of persons and will heal you, also. I am a 'born again' Christian and He showed me His will to heal so strongly that I have stood on the Word many years and raised my 7 children to believe the scriptures. We have rarely been in a doctor's office.

Thanks for your response and God bless you, Wanda

Posted by Wanda L Ferguson October 25, 08 07:07 PM

Praying for Senator Kennedy and his family. God Bless You.

Posted by francis williams March 29, 09 06:22 PM

Senator Kennedy:
You sir I have admired for many years being sixty years old myself you can beat this, if you would like to talk please contact me I am a tia chi master may know a few ways to help you, as for myself, I was thought to be dead in viet nam for over 17 minutes after placing me in a body bag someone noticed my left foot moving, tiching, I was taken out reveived and spent 11 months in walter reed hospital. NEVER give up, anyway I can help or if you just need a friend, gods speed on a full recovery you sir are important in this country in theses bad time. Your admirer and friend day or night!

Posted by Ben Willis July 13, 09 12:27 PM

Dear Ted,
We are Praying for Your surgery and Recovery. Recently I've been taking Organic Food Suppliments, with Fantastic results. It took away the Pain of Fibromyalga and Rhumatoid Arthritus in only 12 Days. I'm not saying it will do that for anybody else but i know Cancer is a Disease caused by Difficencies in The American Diet. The Food Suppliments are Helping me with Diabetes also.We still Love and remember Your Brother John F. Kenedy. I think He was the Best President we ever had. If You would like to learn more about Food Supplments or just want to talk my e-mail address is raggedyandysgirl@yahoo.com

Posted by Carol Makatura August 20, 09 03:35 PM

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