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- RECOVERING. Barbara Bush, 63; after treatment of a thyroid
- condition known as Graves' disease. The First Lady, who has been
- suffering from eye irritation and has lost 21 lbs. during the
- past twelve weeks, was given a solution of radioactive iodine
- to destroy her overactive thyroid gland. Her doctors have warned
- Mrs. Bush not to hug her grandchildren or her dog Millie's new
- puppies for a few days, as young creatures are especially
- sensitive to radiation. Returning from Walter Reed Medical
- Center to a White House reception honoring Queen Silvia of
- Sweden, she declared, "I feel wonderful. I could Indian-wrestle
- any one of you."
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