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Bone marrow donation aids leukemia victim
By JAN DANFORD
"I've been on my deathbed
three separate times!" declares
leukemia victim Ronald Moore
who is alive today because of
bone marrow donated by a
brother.
Moore, 28, was serving in the
U.S. Air Force when, in
November of 1976, he first
noticed symptoms.
"I was weak," he states, "and
1 was short of breath. 1 had chills
• and low fevers and sores on my
leg that refused to heal."
On December 13, 1976 he
went to the hospital at Hill Air
Force Base, Utah, where he was
stationed. Unimpressed by his
ailments, the hospital denied him
admittance and he was not
allowed to see a doctor.
"I returned to duty," Ron
Moore says, "and after work I
went home and lay down, tired
and chilled. When I took a shower
that evening I noticed red spots
on my body from the waist down.
"I went back to the hospital
with a temperature of 105.4
degrees and they admitted me.
Blood samples were drawn."
On December 15, bone
marrow samples were taken. On
December 17 the results of the
tests were known. Positive.
Leukemia.
Ron Moore was flown, the
very next day, to McChord Air
Force Base and then on tO Travis
Air Force Base in California
where he was hospitalized for one
night. On December 19, 1976 he
was transferred by ambulance to
Letterman Army Medical Center,
Presidio, California where he
remained until January 27, 1977
to receive chemotherapy
treatments, many blood tests and
numerous transfusions.
The blood tests were made to
crossmatch with Ron's family
members for type. Throughout
the holidays, his family remained
at Presidio.
Ron is the son of Raymond
and Evelyn Moore of Shelton. His
older brother, David, serves with
the U.S. Navy and resides in
Imperial Beach, California. A
younger brother, Thomas, is a
1970 graduate of Shelton High
School and makes his home in
this area. An older sister is Evelyn
Salahub of Rochester,
r and his father, and from
his older brother and sister failed
to match Ron's blood. Tom alone
could provide a perfect match.
Tom was scheduled to be the
donor of tile lifesaving bone
marrow.
While in Thailand Ron was
marrier on January 12, 1976 to
Patcharee Changkanart. He
returned to the United States two
weeks later and his bride followed
on April first to join him at Hill
Air Force Base.
She spoke little English, and
when her husband was stricken
with leukemia she was unable to
comprehend the seriousness of
the disease. She accompanied Ron
to California and later to Seattle.
'In both areas interpreters were
found and with their assistance
Patcharee was able to understand
the bewildering procedures by
which her husband was treated.
Tom Moore was twice called
to San Francisco for extensive
work necessary to ensure that his
blood would be compatible with
that of his brother, and to make
certain that Tom harbored no
transmittable disease.
On January 28, 1977 Ron
returned to the Shelton home of
his parents.
"Chemotherapy had caused a
temporary remission," he
explains, "but I had a relapse and
on February 3 entered Seattle
Veterans AdministrationHospital.
"There I had lung surgery for
an infection unrelated to the
leukemia. After more
chemotherapy I again went into
remission and came home in
mid-March.
"On March 20 I was admitted
to Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center in Seattle, and
had the bone marrow transplant
on April first."
The numerous tests
completed on Tom Moore in
California were done again at
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center with additional testing
included. Frequent examinations
were conducted by many doctors.
Tom was admitted to the hospital
one day before the transplant.
While his brother was
b
undergoing a three-hour radium
treatment on his entire body to
kill all bone marrow, Tom was in
surgery. In the course of a
two.hour operation, 1200 cos of
bone marrow was removed from
his hips.
The marrow was processed
and liquified and given to Ron by
a transfusion into his
bloodstream.
"The blood deposits the
marrow in the bone tissue," Ron
says. For the first three weeks
after the transfusion l required
constant blood support including
transfusions of white cells, red
cells and platelets."
The latter is the portion of
the blood that aids clotting.
Platelets were donated by the
blood bank and also by Tom and
by Ron's father and his sister, as it
was discovered that
platelets supplied by the patient's
family were less likely to be
rejected than those taken from
random donors.
Before the transplant was
accomplished, a plastic tube was
connected by means of surgery to
the main blood vessel below
Ron's collarbone. From this tube
blood samples were removed, and
through it he was fed
intravenously for six weeks
following the transplant. Except
for oral antibiotics administered
to fight fungus growth in the
intestines, medications were given
through this tube, and by this
method Ron received the liquified
bone marrow and the subsequent
transfusions.
The platelets donated by Tom
and his father were more effective
than those given by Ron's sister.
Several times each of the men
experienced the process by which
a machine, having removed blood
from one arm extracts
"It t0ok'from an hour and a
half to three hours each time,"
Tom recalls.
During this particular period
Ron's platelet count dropped so
low: that spontaneous nosebleeds
occurred if he attempted to sit up
in bed. He lived in a plastic
bubble of complete sterility.
Everything that entered the
bubble was sterilized, including
his food.
"After three weeks I was
allowed to be on my feet," Ron
relates, "but I was too weak to
stand for more than a few
minutes. My platelet, red cell and
white cell counts gradually
increased, but I had some bad side
effects•
"A swelling of the mucous
glands produced a situation just
like mumps," Ron says, "and I
had other unpleasant symptoms,
all caused by radiation. These
didn't clear up for about four
months.
"I was in the bubble for 50
days. Then I moved to an
apartment eight blocks from the
hospital, and I was there for
another 50 days. I occasionally
went to the hospital as an
outpatient, but they came to the
apartment for blood drawings.
They came every day at first, but
this gradually tapered off.
"I had to wear a surgical mask
when I was around people other
than my family. When my family
was with me, they had to wear
the masks. My mother stayed
with my wife and me in the
apartment the first month. It was
her cooking that got me eating
again!"
Tom, the donor, was
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hospitalized briefly after the bone
marrow transplant.
"I went home in two days,"
he states, "and I was back at work
in three weeks but 1 had to learn
to walk all over again.
'Tve had more colds than
usual since the transplant," he
remarks, "but I've felt no
permanent ill effects. The body
produces cells to replace the
marrow."
Ronald Moore was born in
Waltham, Massachusetts. His
father was an Army man, and the
family traveled widely. Ron
attended schools in Nebraska,
Texas, California, Germany,
Olympia and Fort Lewis before
arriving in Shelton as an
eighth-grader.
He was graduated from
Shelton ttigh School in 1968 and
joined the U.S. Air Force in July
of the same year. He served
continuously until his discharge
which occurred during his stay in
the Seattle Veterans
Administration Hospital.
When Rot] was able to leave
his Seattle apartment he returned
to the home of his parents, lie
and his wife have recently
purchased a local home.
"l'in in remission, and a
relapse could occur within two
years," he says, "but 1 feel well
and so far I'm doing fine!"
"I'M ALIVE TODAY," declares Ronald Moore, left, "because of a
donation of bone marrow." He is shown with his brother, Tom Moore,
who was the donor.
Tax exemption forms ready
Senior citizens and disabled approved for exemption during
persons should have received the previous year, according to
renewal affidavits this month for Mason County Assessor Beulah
Crime prevention tips:
Businessmen should
ma equipment
By DIMITRI TODD, Crime Prevention Officer
Mason County Sheriff's Office
The American businessman is constantly facing internal and
external theft of small office machines such as typewriters,
checkwriting machines, calculators, adding machines and other small
items. In many cases identification of these items is impossible
because time wasn't taken to secure the make, model, color and
identification or serial number of the item and that information
placed in a secure place in the event of loss or theft.
The use of an engraving pen would further assist law-enforcement
agencies in seeing the recovered property is returned to the owner
by inscribing the owner's driver's license number or his tax revenue
number on the item. When using a driver's license number, precede
the number with the letters WA DL and in those cases where a tax
revenue number is used precede the number with the letters WA TX.
Another method of preventing theft is to secure the item to a
desk or table with an anti-theft locking device. Tills can be of value
when locking up at night to take one more minute and use the
anti-theft device. During tl!e day the machine may be moved about
the office for use by other personnel but it can still be afforded the
proper security when the office is not occupied.
It is suggested that internal security be reinforced by conducting
periodic checks of the office equipment to ascertain that the
equipment contained on the inventory matches the serial number
recorded for that particular item.
Often overlooked is changing safe combinations periodically or
whenever an employe having the combination leaves the employment
of the business. In addition to good security practice it also allows
the locksmith an opportunity to check the locking mechanism,
making sure it is in proper working order.
Those qualifying must be 62
years old or older by January 1
of the year in which the
exemption claim !s filedl or
retired because'"ot' ÷ pffysial.
dJs[ibility (no age requirement).
Provided that combined income
is $6,000 or less, eligible
taxpayers and spouses are
exempt from regular property
tax levies on up to $5,000 of
assessed valuation, plus a 100
percent exemption from special
levies on their property (after
excluding one-third of any social
security benefits, federal civil
service retirement, and railroad
retirement pension).
The fuli amount of all excess
levies is exempt for persons with
combined income of less than
$7,000, and for those with a
combined income of $7,001 to
$8,000, exemption from all
excess levies will be 50 percent.
Persons who are eligible for
the exemptions, but have not
received renewal affidavits, or
those who have questions about
possible eligibility, can contact
the county assessor's office at
426-4852.
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Matlock:
Grange meeting plan
By DORA HEARING
Matlock Grange will meet this
Friday evening at 8 p.m. The
pinochle party will .be at the
Grange Hall this Saturday evening
at 8 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Lud Rossmaier,
Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Bradberry, Mrs.
1.C. Ford, Mrs. Dora Hearing and
Leo Figueiredo attended the Grays
Harbor and Mason Counties
Grange Conference at the Elma
Grange Hall Saturday for an
all-day meeting and potluck
A heat pump utilizes nature
to give you maximum effi-
ciency. It takes warmth
from outdoor air and uses
it to heat the indoors. In
summer, it takes heat from
indoors and leaves you
cool and comfortable.
Warning is
on promoti
Any consumer who receives a
vacation-promotion mailing from
the Columbia Research
Corporation should throw it
away, Attorney General Slade
Gorton advised this week.
Washington and several other
states have received numerous
complaints about the
Chicago-based firm, which
engages in national mailing of
solicitations for the sale of
so-called "entertainment
packages," to be used on trips to
Microfilm
reader
available
The Timberland South Mason
Library now has a 35-mm.
microfilm reader available for
public use in the library during
regular hours. The library is open
from noon to 4 p.m. Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday; and
from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday
and Thursday.
By offering this service
Timberland is facilitating access
to government census records.
These records are frequently
requested by those who are
tracing their family trees. Until
now the closest Timberland
library with a reader was the
Olympia Public Library.
The reader also provides
access to the back issues of
magazines Timberland has on
microfilm. Although these films
are held elsewhere, they may be
borrowed by any Timberland
patron for use in the library.
Most patrons request specific
articles and receive photocopies
made from the microfilm, but
other patrons wish to browse
issues of various dates and
therefore prefer to scan the film
itself. In these cases the film will
be sent to the Timberland South
Mason Library for the patron to
use there.
Some of the 32 magazines
available on film are "Hot Rod,"
"Mother Earth News," "Motor
Trend," "Ms.," "People,"
"Radio-Electronics" and
"Workbench." Publishers usually
prohibit the manufacture of
microfilm for at least a year
after the cover date of a
magazine. In these cases the
magazines thetnselves are
available from Timberland
libraries.
Outdoor heat pump unit. Con-
nects to indoor blower-coil.
We offer planned service
and commercial maintenance
agreements.
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lunch. Many officers from the
State Grange at Seattle attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Gastfield and Mrs. A.C.
Anderson of Port Orchard were
Thursday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Helin.
Mr. and Mrs. Lud Rossmaier
were Friday dinner guests at the
Eugene Rossmaier home at
Tumwater to celebrate Summer
Lee's 14th birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Evers
given
on
Nevada or Florida.
For a fee of $15.95, the
consumer is promised
a tantalizing assortment of
certificates and coupons,
including "free gambling
money," "free" food and/or
discounted room accomodations.
It doesn't always work out
that way, however. Many
consumers have complained that
Columbia Research has cashed
their checks but not sent the
promised coupons. Other
consumers have discovered that
some of the coupons are not
honored by the businesses which
allegedly issued them.
Casino operators and others
have denied that they ever
agreed to be part of the
promotion.
Gorton stated that despite
injunctions in California and
Ohio and the beginning of legal
action in six other states,
Columbia Research continues
mailing solicitations to
consumers.
The attorney general's office,
which earlier had issued a
"Consumer Alert" about the
problem, is repeating the warning
at this time in the belief that
advance information is, in this
case, the best protection for
consumers throughout the state.
were Wednesday
of Mrs. Dora
Mr. and Mrs.
and Mrs. Elvin
dinner at Turkey
Olympia Sunday to
Mrs. Valley's birthday
Michelle Go
Shelton spent several
week at the R.E.
home.
Mr. and Mrs.
spent Saturday
and Mrs. Blair
Wynooche Valley.
Beth yer
spent the
folks, the Herbert
Mr. and Mrs.
Grisdale called on
I.C. Ford Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lud
spent Sunday evening a
Bradberry home.
Pete Maras was
home from the
Mrs. Archie
Saturday and Sunday
Kathleen Pearsall at
here.
John Hollatz,
home near Elma
and was buried at
Cemetery last week
2 p.m. John was
farm about six
Mary M. Knight
leaves his wife,
home and son
daughter Mrs. Joyc¢
Montesano; three
Albert of Brady,
Edward of Route 1,
Carl, a half-brother
a half-sister Lucy,
two sisters,
of Montesano an
Graham of Route 1,
grandchildren a
great-grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. D0t
children of
Thursday afternoon
at the Grant Siehl
Robie
Angeles is
with his
Mrs. Frank HollatZ.
. Why We Should Keep The Can "I
:Part2' i' :: :
E
No. 105 Ethel
A continuation of Professor Buechner's article on
leadership, whom the people look to for guidance,
the true reason for keeping the canal by discussing
rather than the whole of the matter.
His contention is that there are two real
-" first, the practical - that of fear; then the
guilt. Under fear, that war with Panama could be
Vietnam where we were fighting effect instead of
away rather than our own possessions. Also the
I guerrilla (mostly by implication) an insult to our
against their 100,000. That the turning of all the
over and expect to use the canal - or doubts
when owned by an enemy. So just better give i¢ and
friendship?
President Carter did,, not help to allay our fears
one breath, he said, 'We can and will defend the
threated, "that it would be a major, difficult,
undertaking." It was this that produced the new
that is necessary is a statement from him,
attacking any part would be considered an
treated as such."
Another, that the goodwill of our southern nei
be lost, when they are busy with their own tragic
Now for the moral aspect, which is far worse:
the canal, that we colonized away from our southern
So to clear our guilt we must give it back to them.
steal it; we built over another nation's debacle,
unconquerable defeat, "Against empty, deadly malat
area of lakes and jungle," an engineering feat ne
previously, now miraculously different from the
create it and we did buy it. (Have cited the cos
articles)• So it is ours by right and should not be
under any circumstance (much less on a platter
345 million dollars and promise of an increase
to some 60 million a year for its use.
WHY THEY WANT IT
Same reason they damage our consulates,
diplomats, seize our fishing boats and private
humiliate us to the U.N., which we helped to
the major part to keep it functioning, and now
that we share our wealth. It is to satisfy the rna
whole undeveloped world.
This animosity has two sources; first, the
which are embarrassing because we are a shining
kind of life possible for a free man in a
contrasted with brutality, torture, terror and death,
unnecessary.
Secondly, by the undeveloped world, wh
greatness against their smallness, our wealth and
our achievements to which they cannot
canal they could not conceive, which is a
but of an overflowing abundance of energy,
pride of a free people in their free endeavors.
So to surrender is unthinkable, for it would be
their view and sanctioning their hatred of our
there is no practical or moral reason for giving it
either fear or guilt.
I May this give our senators a new angle to vote
treaty.
A new hope came today in HUMAN El
announcement of a large TRUTH SQUAD,
DISTINGUISHED MILITAR Y FIGURES,
SENATE ARMS SER VICE COMMITTEE AND 0
LEFT FOR PANAMA sponsored by 8
private organizations to study the situation.
Time for another Bible thought for a wrong me
for such a warning as CttRIST gave when the
wailing over HIS abused body, trying to carry
"WEEP NOT FOR ME BUT FOR YOURSEL vES,
the days are coming when they shall say to the moUt
on us.' " (Luke 23:27-31).