Kidney donors give a gift of life Henry Harbers has spent close to l nights attached to a renal dialysis machine and he has had plenty of time to think about the other Canadians in the same situation When a doctor in the Globe and Mail made an appeal for newspapers to publish personal stories of individuals i needs of kidney donations Henry read the article with Interest The doctor felt people don t realize the urgent need to donate their organs on death to help the living He wrote bluntly Why do people insist on putting their useful kidneys ina coffin when they could give a gift of life Henry and Nellie renaldialysisumtathomc it takes skill and courage OH1P The don gel away too much and when do they do differently from the rest or us Appointments must made in advincc and Henry must keep them This winter they had a great the vp 0 Henry it meant spending Atlanta and Miami Last year a visit to his home town of Iroquois had to be cancelled when the Ottawa hospital take him because of cases of hepatitis there Their two young boys Billy nine and Kenny like it when their dad is home with his unit instead of at the hos pital They have grown up with tin problem Church Important Henry and Nellie ore both dedicated member of tanks of water In the room Time Intohed It takes about an hour to set up the complicated machine half an hour to hook up and less time to disengage him After Henry is off to work and the boys off to school Nellie cleans the equipment thoroughly Henry is on a special diet with restricted fluid intake the snug room especially built Competent Nellie attaches her is lent by the the basement of their to the tubes through a e cost covered by Cobblehill home to house In hi arm One tube takes Ins blood Just recently legislation out through an was passed which permitted another puis it back through a people to indicate on their next vein It is through an drivers license if they are artificial and waste willing to donate their organs material drains out eon for transplanting Henry and slant his family are among the AUrmijiicm many people who hope every There are various one will give a few moments system can fill so a panel of thought to the daytcday gauges and bells has to guest in probkms of the many people be monitored Nelhe seldom in Canada who depend for leaves Henry side in cose of on a complicated machine emergency ore transplant In all he nights of dialysis Graving won at home they have only en The situation is growing countered one crisis which worse every year as more they weathered all right A and more people survive thermostat in the machine kidney disease to be added to failed and the alarm bell the list of people requiring di didnt sound Blood was en and hoping for a real tenng his body at the fizal kidney some day temperature of degrees In about people The machine has been received kidney transplants in modified since and there Canada but another people been a similar terrify who needed them were added ing moment to the list He can be unhooked in the Christian Reformed church The operation is usually event of power failure or and their faith helps them successful equipment breakdown Only through the bad times In spile of the dedicated about a pint of blood is out of They re cheerful it all efforts of the Kidney his body at a time But while he lies in his bed the of Canada about 2 stand to lost it in an lift giving machinery hum people still he several nights a emergency Normally tht beside him Henry week in hospital or at home tubes lire flushed out with thought of the of so and think about transplants ionized water so all he kidneys They know that every day cleansed blood returns into the Dialysis in costs useful kidneys are being put body There ire two lireL coffins In Belgium doctors remove organs they know are needed from dead persons Here a donor may make the decision before death and put it in writing probably on the drivers license Sometimes doctors ask the family of someone who has just died if eyes or kidneys may be taken But it is a time of deep sorrow and many doctors avoid the issue then Doctors and nurses know full well that suitable kidneys are often lost because doctors fail toaskfor them Henry lost all kidney function seven years ago and he is in and out of St Joseph hospital in Hamilton regularly Right now fortunate he has a renal dial machine right in a room in his home At first he travelled three times a week to Hamilton for night long di He still has to revert to this when side effects make home dialysis impossible But had no problems since last October A supportive family is vital ly necessary for Henry Both he and his wife Nelhe have taken a course in Hamilton to learn how to operate his life saving equipment Three nights a week the two of them set to the task of cleansing Henry s blood The job is done by morning and Henry is off to work Free Press When at Hamilton he gets little rest before driving back to work in the morning There ore 11 beds filled in three shifts hours a day every day About patients are involved Not everyone can manage a Service ami Price ARE THE TWO IMPORTANT REASONS PEOPLE SHOP AT BAZ MOTORS WEVE HONDA CIVIC DELIVERY 3Z3Z BAZ MOTORS BAZ MOTORS LTD Easter Time at HINTONS J LAKEVIEW CENTRE On Staff Wn carpal from CELANESE BIGELOW VENTURE OZITE CALLAWAY Herd Surface and Cuihloncd from ARMSTRONG AND G A F fSTIMATtS Lakeview Centre EASTER CARDS and FOLDERS Choose from our large selection of Personal General and Religious Titles I Hintons 5 to The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 6 1977 Plan drive for exports Peter Dunham president of Beardmore and Limited newly elected president of the Tanners Association Canada at the recent annual meeting has announced on THREE NIGHTS a week Henry Harbers spends seven hours having his blood cleansed through his kidney dialysis machine He and his wife Nellie operate the life giving machine right in their own home There s a growing need for donors of healthy kidneys with about 2000 people Canada on dialysis tanners will be working toward increased export sales Interest in leather con A kidney transplant costs designating of organ rejection Some people refuse linue undiminished Mr HO donations Or cards may be a major operation says and states The doctor writing in the obtained by writing to the n indication Globe and Mail under the Kidney But the sorrowing fact is thai consumers want leather pseudonym Gilford Jones P O Box Montreal lhat there are far too few lavc nul bten wondered whether we Quebec Other members of kidneys available for the by today prices or the should own our bodies your family should also know PPOR of these in the past after He soys Since of your willingness to donate Kidneys should be available meeting in Toronto Mr necessity He recommended Glasser told the members that the consortium method thai they must continue to of selling to communist strive strenuously both as an who ire large Industry and as individual buyers of semi finished and tanners to develop sizeable finished leathers should be export markets for their energetically pursued and accelerated drive for export products and warned thai further imrkels developed in markets via consortium The production of the tan these countries Mr Dunham says this will industry in Canada can be longer be absorbed by Europe Iron Curtain Canadian manufacturers Countries and China whose Export markets are a potential up to now has never been fully explored Our exports formerly have for approximately 15 LdDLCI per cent of our production Our aim is to double this Special services are J- red A outgoing planned for all the churches president of the Tanners on weekend There is Association looks to for just one denominational reasonably good year service this year down from somewhat better than he three services of last While retaining their position years domestic market the slate gives us baby bonuses unemployment in The Harbers know of people medical care and old who have donated their kid age pensions surely the because of their friend get at i ship for Henry kidnt in return He says this In fact doctors have found makes economic faced out that most donor kidneys with the slaytennL costs of from areas that have mcditdl cart But I doubt renal dialysis centres People there one in who know of cases of years who has the intestinal long dnlysis are aware of the ftirtitutie to issue up need and make their decisions he Not all dialysis patients arc suitable for transplants The match must be excellent and there is always of DANCING Every Saturday 9 pm to 1 am at the Acton Legion APR 9 CAMILLA SHOW BAND 1GB J 23 Country Admission per couple ENTERTAINMENT IN LOUNGE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 1AM LOWELL BROS MEAT RED BRAND BEEF fa SHOULDER ROAST 95 Gifts for the whole family fa Plush toys for the kiddies Easter candy Dresses and Sport Shirts Dress Socks Ties Pants Dresses Slips Panties Jeans Pyjamas Cardigans Sweaters Scarves Glovesfo Purses Jewellery Etc Choice SIRLOIN TIP TOP ROUND ROASTS 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