Post Surgery, Granny D Speaks Again

Political Activist Recovers Voice

"CONCORD, N.H. [USA] -- Leave it to Granny D to have the last word. After undergoing throat surgery last week, there was concern the 95-year-old former U.S. Senate candidate might not speak again.

"But Doris 'Granny D' Haddock has no intention of losing her famous voice.

"'I'm feeling very very optimistic,' she said from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. 'I think I can lick this thing and I'm certainly going to try.'

"Haddock's voice is raspy and she has difficulty speaking because of a breathing tube in her throat, but her genteel New England tones were still apparent in a brief interview Friday with The Associated Press.

"'Four days ago she didn't speak at all, three days ago it was like a real ugly Darth Vader and yesterday she started articulating enough so that you could understand everything she said,' said her son, Jim Haddock."
Source: TheChamplainChannel.com - WNNE

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