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bhers Joel and
p. 6, New Stan-
e been cruelly
different from birth.
Joel, the older brother by five
‘ I DOrtl with an open
bifida
feet
from
)< a birth de-
* xl him
At die
Jeff has
same spot on Ml
only a birthmark. BB
“When Jeff doesn’t fed well,
■ Mi HBliH
ilisters on his birth-
rmal,
his
he gets twb blMOrs on h
mark, otbet#ise He is a no
very active Ittle boy,” says 1
mother, MTs. ThomaS Kirker.
Understandably, the young
Kirkers pose a medical puzzle.
As their mother puts it, special
ists are M amased that only one
has the defect and not the other
or else ate “quite lost for wo.
to explain tbe crippling differ:
ences iti these idenf
thankful for because Joel is do
ing well afaff ire can hope for
" even more improvement in the
future.”... . *
Despite Ms physical handicap,
.Joel get! around quite a bit.
During January, 1966, he wee
Pennsylvania, State Poster Boy
for tHfe JlifcH hi Dimes camp-
This
jh
tit his area
bn a tele-
■ *
ey watch the twins
all the things
. evfn though he
a number
aims .
Now as they watch 1
pretending they’re big leag
°y r .M «13^r k e t
cati tpp:
JoOl can
wears braces and uses a cane.
They are thankful for the skilled
fori received from
the day of birth. Without that
care, Joel miimt net be aHve to-
^Vhen Joel was only one day
old, his open spina was operated
upon to give his Spinal cord
some protection. While surgeoi
coaid not restore the function
nerves and muscles, they
prevent further complications,
die most dangerous being infec-
h as mi
let \
also had hy-*
ns
n of
did
lions such as meningitis.
Like ttiahy other victims of
open spine, Joel also had hy
drocephalus (“water on the
brain*). Doctors performed sev
eral Operations to drain off the
dammed-up fluid within the
brain and thus relieve pressure
"that's OK, Joel, even astroitaSts
net," says Jeff Kirker, 6, df New
Identical twin Joel into his braces.
fr gear
he hel
helps his
Without relief, this pressure cin
lead to permanent mental dam
age, blindness or even death.
For Joel’s parents, the palt
six years have been times of
great emotional anguish, to say
nothing of financial strain. Mr.
Kirker has worked for the Bell
Telephone Company since he
graduated from McKeespott
Technical High School in 1980.
In addition to caring for the
twins and keeping house, Mrs.
Kirker sells kitchenware to sup
plement her husband’s income
and help with medical expenses,
The Kirkers are deeply grateful
to the local chapter of the
March of Dimes which helped
pay Joel’s hospital bills and
covers the cost of braces which
must be changed periodically.-
Braces or not, Joel loves it
when the family pile into their
trailer and set out on a camping
trip, something all the Kirkers
enjoy. When they settle in a
campsite, the whole family
knows what to expect from Joel.
He invariably takes off to visit ,
all this,other campers, one by
one. He loves to meet Stid chat
with other people, even if it
means climbing Mils and fight- ;
ing the underbrush every step
of the Way.
Tlie twins can take care of
each . othkr pretty well these
days. JoM can put on Ms braces ^
for himself but sometimes Jeff,
helps Min. Active, outgoing Jeff
helps Ms qtdeter, more thought*
fill brother ih other ways, too.
A firm “I tiutik you’ll like this.
Joel,” from <Jra often helps Joel
make a decision id favor of
places or thing*. This sort of
fraternal influence leads Mrs-
Kirker tp tell friends that Joel’s
“twin brother is hii therapist.”
By this time, the Kirkers
know what Joel can do and they
avoid overprotectiveneas which
could be harmful to both boys.
His doctors hope 'that when
Joel is abtout l4, surgery can be
performed that will make the
leg braces unneessary.
Dr McFadden idemics sometimes occur in coughs, but he may not look
homes, barracks, or in hos- extremely ill, as does the lo-
Writes Paper pital wards. bar pneumonia patient. There
^ u . Lobar pneumonia strikes is not a crisis and a drama-
Ofl Pneumonia suddenly. This is no creeping tic drop intertiperature. In-
A second article written on disease. The patient knows he stead, recovery is gradual
a respiratory disease „by a is sick. It is an explosive and coughing may continue
Laurens County physician is germ invasion. A day or two for some time,
being released by \he Tuber- after catching a cold, the pa- Bronchopneumonia is .a
culosis and Health Associa-'tient experiences a shaking leading disease of people who
tion, according to George H. chill. Within an hour, his tern- are already weakened by oth-
Cornelson of Clinton. Mr. Cor- perature shoots up to beween er illness, by alcoholism, or
nelson, who is chairman of 103 and 106 degrees. He suf- by age. Children often get it,
the Respiratory Disease Com- fers severe chest pain and too, especially after bouts of
mittee, said that Dr. D. H. begins to cough. The cough whooping cough or measles. ;
McFadden of Clinton and Jo- is productive or red or rust Treatment of bronchopneu-
atina had compiled a brief pa- colored sputum. The patient’s monia by the physician will,
per on ‘‘Pneumonia”. breathing and pulse rapidly be directed to the cause. The
This article is one of, a ser- increase. In the old days, a way any particular patient is
ies written by members of crisis occurred between the treated depends on what germ
the Laurens County Medical fifth and tenth day of lobar is responsible for his illness
Society at the request of the pneumonia, and the patient and what his general health
Tuberculosis and Health As- either died or his temperature was before the pneumonia sqt
jsociation. An earlier article returned to normal. Today, in. Relapses are common and
by Dr. William D. Irvine of with penicillin and other an- can be mart serious than the
Laurens dealt with “The tibiotics, it is possible to low- first attack.
Common Cold”. Mr. Cornel- er the tempefeffe in a day If you seem to have symp-
son stated that Dr. R. M. Ful-. or two and produce the same toms of pneumonia ... 1. Call
ler has prepared a summary dramatc recovery formerly vour doctor immediately. Ev-
of information on “Bronchial seen only after the crisis, en in this day of wonder
Asthma” which will be re- However, the drugs are gen- drugs, early diagnosis and.
leased at a later date. erally continued for at least treatment are important. 2.
He expressed his apprecia- a week after the temperature Follow your doctor’s advice,
tlort to the Laurens Medical reaches normal. If the patient If he says that you should be
Society for their interest and stops too soon taking the med- in a hospital, go there. If he
help in bringing these medical icine his doctor prescribes, the says you must stay at hom6 ^
facts to the attention of local pneumonia may return. provided you stay in bed, be
residents. Bronchopneumonia — Bron- Sure ' you STAX in bed. 3.
PNEUMONIA chopneumonia, the type of Continue to take the medicine '
McFadden pnehmonia in which less than y° ur *> ctor Prescribes until
a lobe of the lung becomes ** says you may stop. 4. Re r ;
By Dr. D. H.
Pneumonia is
no longer a
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/Tk h w' i \ ir J as dramatically as does lobar pneumonia can now be satis,- •
death toll, but prompt treat- onia Howev }t is of . factorily treated, it is still a
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Pneumonia means an acute cflreful tQ avoid relaps ^ s persists longer than three ot
a'“f thi°s inflammation ° f >™ ia f ° Ur WeekS ' See y0Ur d0C, ° r -
the lung tissue becomes con
solidated.
Kinds of Pneumonia —
There are two main types
of pneumonia.
1
be caused by many things —
by bacteria, by- a virus, by Miss Black To Go
fungi, by breathing poisonous — , _
fumes, by a physical injury, v/n V*nOrQle I OUT
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pneumonia. 2. The secohd type
vaders are carried into the gia, Alabama and Louisiana
lung. There they affect the Jan. 21-28.
air case, causing them to fill
with fluid which colts and ham Partridge, assistant pro
forms consolidated patches, fessor of organ, music theory
Very often, bronchopneumo- and choral conducting, the
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1. Lobar Pneumonia — Lo-
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