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THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HarkTheHerald.Com), Page C2 Provo, Utah, Thursday, May 4, 2000 only girl in the city league for the first year," she says. After that, maybe one or two girls joined the team. "I just adapted; I love sports but I'm not competitive," she says. "I don't believe in forcing kids in competition." That's why her majors were recreation TRANSPLANT Continued from Cl work books at department stores to use in addition to school books. "It was really embarrassing because books two grades below my age were hard for me," she says. When Heather showed an interest in "Nancy Drew" books, her mom bought her lots of management and youth leadership. Girl Scouting helped mainstream Heather with other kids. "I could see other kids' struggles; I wasn't the only one." A Girl Scout, Heather went for and attained the Gold Award in the program. "There's always something to excel in, if not physically than other areas," she says. them. "They were easy reading and not that long," she remembers. But she excelled in math and science. "I just wanted to be like other kids. I didn't want them to know I had a prob- lem; I wanted to be normal," says the "But you can't fake an ACT. I caught up in high school, I learned how to . read phonetically. Before that I memorized words." She says in high school it helped to read the LDS scriptures; "They aren't normal, every day words. I had to learn to sound out and read out loud," Heather says. Now she's proud to say she reads faster than her chemical engineering husband, who graduates from BYUin June. Playing basketball as a teen gave her good handeye coordination. "I was the life-tim- e . Heather has been working with her corneal transplant for 18 years and says, "It's something I'll have to deal with the rest of my life. It's not a quick fix; it's not something you do one day and you'll be back to normal. Your lifestyle does change." She is thankful for the gift of a new eye: "It's one of the most ultimate gifts a you can give someone body part," Heather says. Karen Hoag can reached at khoagheraldextra.com. 344-254- 2 be or have something that used to belong to someone else someone had to die." RECOVERY Continued from Cl each one had a different theory and approach, she says. "You have to do so much research; I'd been waiting on the lasik to be developed for six or seven years," Heather says. "There have been so, many breakthroughs with transplants and treatment. Sometimes you end up waiting for what you think is best. It's hard to think you for years." What's her future? I know I can do anything, there are no barriers. I know I'll get a driver's "Now license. I don't have any problems with learning. I'm a lot more careful with activities, but I still play sports. I wear sunglasses when I play sand volleyball." and physical illness separate, Chilton believes will chip away at the iceberg of injustice. "We think more and more people will be unashamed to ILLNESS Continued from Cl tioned believe it's directly related to bad parenting. By the end of 1999, Utah State Hospital had 343 patients, 200 of whom are adults. Most are short-terpatients who generally live in the community. Some have a persistent illness, others are in crisis and,, sadly, many are emotional- disturbed children. While some of the buildings at the hospital date back to the last century, She adds transplants aren't cheap: "I know my parents were paying it off say they are suffering a mental illness," she said. "When celebritites like Tipper Gore say they have depression, things start moving," Chilton said. "If only Tom Hanks would play a person with mental illness as well as he played Forest Gump. Hollywood could have such a positive impact for the good of mental health if they chose." The hospital welcomes volunteers to help in areas from physical therapy to the snack bar or the mobile library unit. There is also a program called Birthday Bags, in which volunteers can fill a gift for a patient's birthday. Sunrise program is for patients with mental illness or an addiction and Heights is a program for youth. Volunteers are needed for all of these programs. For information, call ly . patient therapy is geared very much to the next. Chilton says the programs are modern and measurable. "We use as little regimentation as possible," she said. "Programs are geared towards independent living. From the minute a patient is admitted, a plan is in place. The patient knows where on the plan he is and where he needs to be before leaving." This week's announcement by the Surgeon newly-diagnose- Organ Donation and Transplants Success rates of transplant "surgery have improved, but growing shortages exist in the supply of organs and tissues available for transplantation. Many Americans who need transplants cannot get them because of these shortages. The result: Some of these people die while waiting for that 'gift of life." The National Kidney Foundation develops special public education programs aimed at increasing public awareness of the need for organ and tissue donation. Learning more about organ and tissue donation helps every American to make an informed decision about this issue. Facts everyone should know: 1. More than 68,000 U.S. patients are waiting for an organ transplant; more than 2,000 new patients are added to the waiting list each month. 2. Every day, 13-1people die while waiting for a transplant of a vital organ: a heart, liver, kidney, pancreas, lung or bone marrow. 3. Because of the lack of available donors in this country, 2,295 kidney patients, 1,319 liver patients, 767 heart patients and 468 lung patients died last year while waiting for organ transplants. 4. About 10 percent of the patients waiting for liver transplants are young people under 18 years of age. 5. Acceptable organ 4 life-savi- donors can range d Shawna Peterson at in age from newborn to 65 years or more. 6. People who are 65 years of age or dicier may be acceptable donors, particularly of corneas, skin, bone and for total body donation. 7. Ap estimated 10,000-14,00people who die each meet the criteria for year organ donation, but less than half of that number become actual organ donors. 8. Vital organs may be recovered and transported thousands of miles to a transplant center for transplantation. This is due, in part, to advances in preservation techniques. The following are the 0 approximate preservation times for a variety of organs and tissues. Kidney: up to 72 hours up to 18 hours Liver: Heart: up to 5 hours HeartLung: up to 5 hours Pancreas: up to 20 hours Corneas: up to 10 days Bone marrow: varies by more 9. Donor organs are matched to waiting recipients by a national computer registry, called the National Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). This computer registry is operated by an organ- procurement organizations (OPOs) across the country, which provide organ procure- next-of-ki- n n immediately. 14. There were 5,799 cadaveric donors in the U.S. in 1998, which represented a small increase over the total of 5,473 in 1997. Living donors increased from 3,676 in 1997 to 4,274 in 1998. 15. Donor organs and tissues are removed surgically, and 'the donor's body is closed, as in any surgery. There are no outward signs of organ donation and open casket funerals are still possible. 16. Acceptable organ donors are those who are "brain dead" (whose brain function has ceased permanently) but whose heart and lungs continue to function with the use of artificial life l '1 . cadaveric donors. Another 973 kidneys were transplanted in combination with pan- creas transplants. 22. An average of 112 bone marrow transplants are performed each month in the United States. Marrow is collected from a pelvic bone using a special needle while the volunteer donor is "under anesthesia. The majority of bone mar- - i T row transplants are done for leukemia. 23. In 1998, there were "( 35,861 corneal transplants w done in the U.S. The number of Americans on waiting lists for corneas averages as high as 5,000 at any given time. Corneal transplantation results in improved vision in nearly 95 percent of those who undergo the . procedure because of corneal disorders. Corneas ' are acceptable for donation v regardless of abnormalities in vision.' 24. Virtually all religious denominations approve of organ and tissue donation as representing the highest humanitarian ideals and the , ultimate charitable act. 20. The following are r patient and organ graft survival rates: - one-yea- " Patient Survival Graft Survival Rate 94.8 Kidney (cadaveric) Organ Rate 87.5 percent percent Kidney (live donor) I - 93.5 per- - ' 97.7 percent cent Pancreas 95.9 percent 70.2 percent Data Sources: February 2000 86.9 percent Liver 21. Of the single kidney transplants performed in 1998, 4,153 were from living donors and 8,013 were from 79.2 percent Heart 85.8 percent 85.5 percent American Association of Tissue Banks National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Eye Bank Association of America UNOS Scientific Registry . National Marrow Donor Program HeartLung 74.7 per76.1 percent 75.8 percent Lung 75.0 percent 69.6 percent Intestine 59.4 percent cent 7m 57 to $60 Save $25 on Open Stock Anodized Cookware The multilayered construction of hard, anodized aluminum is the cookware of choice by many professionals. 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One year after surgery, 93.5 percent of these kidneys were still functioning well. ization known as the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which is located in Richmond, Va. 10. There are 52 organ ment services to some 275 transplant centers. 11. By federal mandate, all states must have some form of "Required Request" legislation, which requires hospitals within the state to set up a protocol for offering the of someone who has died the option of donating the organs and tissues of " the deceased. 12; By signing a Uniform Donor Card, an individual indicates his or her wish to be a donor. However, at the ti me of death , the person 's will still be asked to sign a consent form for donation. It is important for people who wish to be organ and tissue donors to tell their family about this decision so their wishes will be honored at the time of death. It is estimated about 35 percent of potential donors never become donors because family members refuse to give consent. 13. 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