Prognosis for Beth Holtz termed 'excellent'The wife of South Carolina head coach Lou Holtz had successful surgery in October to remove her adrenal gland and a cyst on her ovary. The procedure on Beth Holtz was performed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. In a statement after the surgery, Holtz said that the operation went extremely well and his wife's prognosis is excellent. He said she will recover at the family's home in Orlando, Fla. Holtz left his team for three days to travel with his wife for the surgery. He was back on the sidelines the following week during the Gamecocks' 30-10 home-loss to Kentucky. This operation is the second in three years for Beth Holtz. She underwent throat cancer surgery two years ago. Beth Holtz consulted doctors again this fall complaining of numbness and a lack of circulation in her leg. Tumors were found in her adrenal gland, lung, kidney and
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