Shriver Hospitalised

09 August 2009

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver are holding a bedside vigil for her mother Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who is in a critical conditionin hospital.

Former President John F. Kennedy's 88-year-old sister has checked into Cape Cod Hospital in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and is surrounded by relatives, including her husband Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr and actor-turned-governor Schwarzenegger.

A family statement reads, "Eunice Kennedy Shriver is in Cape Cod Hospital in intensive care in critical but stable condition. Her entire family is with her - her husband, all her children and her grandchildren. The family is grateful for the prayers of her many friends".

He and Maria are both there with Mrs ShriverA spokesperson for Schwarzenegger

A spokesperson for Schwarzenegger confirms, "He and Maria are both there with Mrs Shriver".

Shriver, the fifth of the nine Kennedy children, has suffered a series of strokes in recent years.

She lives in the clan's Hyannis Port compound, near to where her brother, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, is undergoing brain cancer treatment.

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