Reply #16: Coretta Scott King Is Mostly Paralyzed

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Coretta Scott King Is Mostly Paralyzed

Saturday August 20, 2005 3:16 AM

By KRISTEN WYATT

Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA (AP) - Coretta Scott King is mostly paralyzed on the right side of her body and faces a long, difficult recovery from a stroke, but she managed to say a few words Friday, her doctor said.

Dr. Maggie Mermin, King's personal physician, said that the 78-year-old widow of Martin Luther King Jr. is unable to walk and has been mostly unable to speak since the stroke Tuesday in the left side of her brain, which controls speech functions.

``She said a few words today. We're very encouraged by that,'' the doctor said.

Mermin said King would be in Piedmont Hospital for at least another week and said, ``I'm not certain she'll have full recovery. ... We certainly hope for that.''

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5221777,00.html