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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 ' For gracious living" bri00tma00 Di llagt 1 b 1 f Qua ity ui t af ordable custom homes uniquely -/ set up in our all adult park Or on your lot. Models to see & spaces available at 2650 00Nortl! Tl!irteenth 00treet llbilr t'h3me Oalem 206 420 2050 " " Mobiit Bame 1Jark i Page 26 . Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February 2, 1978 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. . "Insurance Is Our Only Business" Let Us Save You Money On Your Insurance Coverage • AUTO • BOAT • HOME OWNERS • • • 00os00te 00oMe Arnold Smith 117 East Cota Phone 426-3317 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. FOR THE BEST COMFORT FOR YOUR MONEY, CALL: HANSEN'S , Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal Olympic Gateway . /*" ":';J Shopping Canter : ...... , ' i'J;'  Mt. View *.'" .... ' 426-5565 - - 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).