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Sandra Williams, who had been hoping to return to work this month after extensive surgery for Crohn's disease last fall, was in the hospital 12 more days. The Bartow woman developed an abscess and massive infection. She is due to come home today with home health care. And Paul Edwards of Winter Haven, who had been optimistic about the shrinkage of his cancerous tumor, had a scare this month when his doctors thought a second tumor had developed. Instead, the problem is growth in his existing tumor, his wife said Friday.