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Show Community briefs rj, - t ti Clinton Elementary plans school carnival CLINTON Clinton Elemen- tary will hold its school carnival on May 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. Activities include games, food and drawings for prizes. Proceeds will go toward purchasing new equipment for the school. The public is invited. Stress management topic of free seminar A free semi- KAYSVILLE nar on stress management will be held in Room of the Davis Applied Technology Center, Fri0 day, May 18, from a.m. Dr. Randy Chatelain from Weber State College will discuss The Reservoir Model of Stress 9:30-10:3- Management. This presentation uses the metaphor of a reservoir to illustrate principles of stress management. Fillers, drains and leaks are addressed to create a stress management system that enhances the level of personal stress reservoir. Residents from Davis and Morgan Counties are encouraged to attend this seminar. Please contact the Human Resource Center 4 to register. Refreshat ments will be served. 546-413- Youth orchestra sets final auditions May 19 LAYTON - t 0 -- g- gr&aaaas" vas... ... Robert ReganStandard-Examme- Final auditions for the Beehive State Youth Orchestra will be held May 19 at the Layton Heritage Museum. The Layton Arts Council urges r interested students to call for an audition time. Sharyol and Dennis Mansfield of Roy are expecting their ninth child this summer! May 17, 18 546-444- 1 set aside for rummage sale their last baby. With six you get egg roll, but eight is enough, it read. What cute cliche can you find for nine, Mrs. Mansfield wonders. Nine in the nineties, could be the response. The Mansfields live in a. large custom-built home in Roy. Dennis Mansfield, 40, owns his own business and does very well selling tractors, he says. Mrs. Mansfield has an associate college degree, is vibrant and attractive, poised, knowledgeable and confident. So whyjvould a successful middle-agemiddle-clas- s couple in todays world, with children already aged 2 through 18, want another baby? And, will this be their last? Never say never, Mrs. Mansfield responds to the latter question. As far as why, she says, Its kind of like...we just havent quite completed an assignment. When that assignments over, maybe well feel our familys finished. Her husband says hes comfortable with the responsibility of a large family, adding We dont base our family (size) on a number. Her children are, Justin, who turns 19 on May 20; Trent, 16; Ashley, 14; Kylie, 9; Bethany, 7; McKenna, 5; Corby, 4; By JAN PUGH Special to the Standard-Examine- r ROY With all the glamour and formality of Mothers Day tucked away for another year, its back to business as usual for Sharyol Mansfield of Roy. Her chosen vocation in fife is mothering. Those who know her say she does her job with the zeal and conviction of one who has found her station in life and truly enjoys it. The mother of eight with No. Nine due in Mrs. Mansfield, 41, says she looks forward to this child as if it were her first. Family friend Chris Saxton said Mrs. Mansfield loves being a mother. Shes not going, Oh, Im pregnant again. She has a large family because she wants a large family, she said. Shes so patient and good with kids. My opinion is that her family and the people in her life come before anything else. Mrs. Saxtons husband, Brent, a Roy city councilman, said Mrs. Mansfield would be his choice for mother of the year because of the way she is so involved with each of her children and their interests. One neighbor brought over a banner when the Mansfields came home with mid-Jun- e, d, v J Ragen, 2. Justin will depart for his mission June 24, while Mrs. Mansfields ba' by is due June 20. The Mansfields are LDS and both come from families of three siblings. The couple jmarried at 20, with plans for maybe a half dozen children. They planned on her staying home, said Mrs. Mansfield, who was always very domestic. She worked for a short time before the birth of their first child and not since. Im very grateful, she said, for not having to work outside the home. She said she feels a lot more secure bringing this ninth child into the world than when she was a new, anxious young mother. She trusts her own abilities, still has plenty of energy and has learned a lot over the years. Three keys to happiness in a large family, Mrs. Mansfield believes, are consistency, gratitude and humor. The couple agrees that consistency is necessary to . keep things running smoothly. You have to be absolutely consistent and unwavering, she said. The children know their responsibilities and rules are set. Mrs. Mansfield admits there are times , , f she has to walk around like a sergeant and even get ugly when expectations g are not met, but shes for the most part. Calling herself a casual housekeeper, Mrs. Mansfield said a few things out of place dont bother her and can be expected with small children. But, she likes to feel comfortable inviting a friend over without having to run through the house in a mad frenzy to clean and dust at the last minute. With lots of scrapes and scraps and an occasional child running outside without shoes, Mrs. Mansfield said, I look at it this way...dont sweat the small stuff.? She pretty much lets her children make their own decisions, learning to weigh the consequences. But, she also teaches them that there are just some things they must do. You have to be lenient and judge what is really critical, she said. Also, she insists, Youve got to have the best sense of humor possible. If I dont find something every single day to I mean really belly laugh laugh about about its not been a good day, she said, chuckling. See MOM on page 15 easy-goin- New gallbladder surgery experiencing success surrounding organs. Two additional are made on the right side of the stomach so the surgeon can manipulate the gallbladder into different positions necessary to By CHERI REED . . r ' , This is the only new treatment now available that actually removes the gallbladder, but only requires four small incisions. Traditional gallbladder surgery is more painful and necessitates a four-da- y hospital stay and recovery period of several weeks. Hunter, who was the first doctor in the Intermountain West to use the new technique, and Dr. Richard Anderson, who also performs the new procedure, believe laparoscopic cholecystectomy is going to be the wave of the future for people who suffer from gallbladder disease. I've performed 38 of these surgeries and all but two patients have gone home the day after the surgery, Hunter said. One lady left that afternoon and a couple of people have been on the job By CHfiRI REED Standard-Examine- r correspondent Two months ago I had gallbladder surgery using a new technique that requires only four small incisions and minimal hospitalization. The night before I was scheduled for the operation my mother called and asked me if I was sure I wanted to have the surgery done. I knew why she had called, she was fearful for me. years ago she had not once, surgery gallbladder but twice, because a doctor had failed to remove all the stones in the common duct. Her experience was painful and difficult. She had complications after the' Twenty-si- x week. stab-woun- Patient happy with results of operation correspondent Susan just had gallbladder surgery, but instead of spending her three weeks of sick leave at home recovering from the surgery, shes off to California for a family vacation. Does this sound like fiction? According to Dr. John Hunter, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Utah Medical Center, its a true story. Hunter says that most patients who undergo a new procedure called laparoscopic cholecysteco-m- y can be home 24 hours after the surgery and resuming their normal activities in less than a Motor home owners can join local club LAYTON The Winnebago-Itasc- a Travelers (WIT) Club has formed a northern efiapter called the Golden Spike Travelers. The local club for owners of Winnebago and Itasca motor homes, meets once a month for an activity or outing. The club promotes Travel, Friendship, Fellowship and Fun. r. The May 19 outing is in Nev. and the June outing . Wen-dove- will be in Nephi. The chapter is a member of the state club and will participate in the Utah State Rally planned this year to be held at Riverton City Park in August. For more information, contact Glen Hamblin; club president, at 825-520- , f Standard-Examine- LAYTON St. Rose of Lima Church will sponsor a rummage sale May 17 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and May 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the St. Rose of Lima hall. 85 Church St., Layton. The last hour of the sale, any items that can be placed in a ' brown paper bag will sell for $ I ; The public is invited to attend. surgery and had to spend two weeks in the hospital. two days later. I'm happy with the way things" have gone; hopefully Ill be able to continue with the type of success we've had. Anderson, a surgeon at the U of Medical Center, said hes learned of doctors from Cottonwood, Holy Cross and LDS hospitals who arc learning the new method. The gallbladder is: a small d organ that stores bile U pear-shape- . i Knowing I was going in for the same type of surgery brought back painful memories for her, but she was hopeful a new surgical procedure perfected recently at a medical center in Tennessee would make my Experience better than her own. Im happy to say the new surgical procedure called laparoscopic cholecystectomy, where the surgeon removes the gallbladder using only the four incisions, worked well for me. , I was the fourth person in the Intermountain West to have the procedure performed successfully.' My surgeon. Dr. John Hunt- er, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Utah Medical Center, told my husband after the surgery that it from the liver and releases it as needed to help digest fats in the small intestine. When the outlet of the gallbladder or duct leading from it is plugged by a stone a person experiences a painful bladder attack. gall- The attack subsides when the stone passes through the com-- mon.duct or falls back into the gallbladder. Because attacks are likclv to reoccur the only perma- solution taJhe problem is to was a textbook operation. The new procedure is less painful than normal surgery because there is less trauma to the the incisions are small body and no nerves are cut. The patient is usually able to go home 24 hours after the surgery. the perform The surgery. surgeons then use an electric cauterizing tool to pull the gallbladder away from the surrounding tissue. is After the gallbladder tached its pulled through the navel incision into the metal tube. Fluid from the gallbladder is drained and the rest of the gallbladder, including the stones contained inside the gallbladder, are pulled out through the inci- first considered having my gallbladder removed after suffering several painful gallbladder attacks during pregnancy. I learned through an that I had 15 large gallstones about the size of small peas. After my baby was born, I didnt have any more acute attacks, but I knew that sometime in the future I would need to have gallbladder surgery. See PATIENT on page 14 I x-r- ay de- sion. Hunter said that only 5 percent, or 2 out of 38 procedures hes performed, had to be converted to an open procedure, which is the traditional way to remove the gallbladder and one of the risks involved in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. One patient had ab- -' normal anatomy, he said. The other patient had severe abdomihave the gallbladder surgically re-- 1 nal inflammatiotijrom having acute cholesystiiis over a long pemoved. The new surgical procedure is riod of time. ' :i Hunter said bleeding'ir injury fairly simple and involves, insertto the bowels, gattbladderjivcr or ing a laparoscope, a metal tube n centimeter in diameter, into a , bile. duet or stones in the incision at the bottom of the -duct' are 'all reasons he navel. The abdominal cavity is might have to convert to an open then slowly inflated with carbon procedure. The largest series of laparoscop'dioxide. "A telescope is inserted ic cholecystectomies done to date incision through another in the nation has been 200, Hunt-Se- e t' just below the rib cage for a SURGERY on page 14 ; nified view of the gallbladder and 1 com-"mo- ch mag-nen- , i 1. Diabetes association plans May meetings LAYTON The Davis County Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, Utah Affiliate, has planned its educational programs for May. On Thursday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. Karla Johnson will lecture on Blood Glucose Pattern Management, in Layton in the medical office building, 1660 W. Antelope Dr., third-flo- or class- room. On Wednesday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m., Ruth Batemen will lecture on the same topic in Bountiful at the Davis County Librarys basement classroom located at 725 S. Main St. Both meetings are open to any interested person at no cost. For further information, call the American Diabetes Association in Salt Lake City at 363-302- 4. Cholesterol tests will be given in Sunset FARMINGIONL. .The. Davis Coupty Health "Department in conjunction . with' 'Winegars WarQhquse Foods and the Davis County'-PATC- Council, will screening sponsor cholesterol clinics during May. The next screening will take place May 25 at Sunset Wine-gar'- s, 329 W. 1300 North, Sunset. All screenings will be conducted from p.m. There is a $5 -5 charge for a total cholesterol screening and associated dietary counseling. |
