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Show fnTf 20 A OCTOBER .DESERET NEWS, THURSDAY, i4 ayMEMHftqp4 18, 1973 IWIMiV DJ n D i iTBil 1 lZT- fi i m -' a n ininwrnmiiinni kw s,.vww most of our lAAs Cathy Walston, victim of spine curvature, has some mobility on wheels. By textured carpets at savings to wheel deal 24-ho- ur An a Smith likely to get bed sores as she would in bed. She is trying to Deseret News staff writer keep up on school work because she does not expect to get back intc school until next May if at all this school year. s MOAB The dream of spending a lot of time on wheels has become a reality for Cathy Walston, just turned 13, but there is a difference. teen-ager- Most important of all, she can move around the room with a touch of her fingers or toes to the floor. She can also easily roll from back, to side to stomach. r Scoliosis is a word that merely means lateral curvature of the spine, her mother says. The cause is unknown. It can be progressiveIt is more ly crippling. prevalent among girls than boys, and is usually discovered during the rapid growth period of pre- - and early adolescence. hours of Cathy spends every day on wheels. But she and her parents, Milton and Barbara Walston, are grateful for them. Without the wheels Cathy would be immobile in her bed with only the same four walls to look at 24 hours a day. Cathy is being treated or scoliosis. She is in a heavy body cast that covers her head and extends to her knees. She is suspended between the wheels and delicately balanced to allow easy movement. 24 four-dolla- The Walstons have familiarity with the disease since an older daughter also had it. The family noticed tha Cathy was showing symptoms of the Little more than a disorder year age. Exercises were prescribed but the disease progressed rapidly. The Walstons were reluctant to have Cathy undergo one treatment that involves surgical fusion of some vertebrae with metal rods being placed on each side of the spine. They believe this treatment in anly proves satisfactory about 60 percent ef the cases. Also rods usually must be re- - The wheeled cast was placed on her last August in Childrens Hospital in San Francisco and is believed to be the first of its tvpe in Utah. Advantages of a cast on wheels are obvious. Cathy has been to church and an outdoor movie. The cast will not fit in an ordinary automobile but will go into the back of the drive vehifamilys cle. four-whe- She can do handicrafts, read and embroider. She is not as take advantage of this "free labor and pad" carpet sale to lay movod at a later date by another surgical procedure. They learned of a treatment being offered in San Franciswhich co. This procedure, Cathy received, also involves of some fusion surgical v jrtebrae but does not utilize rods. 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