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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday October 1989 BRIDGE JAMES Almost right By James- Jacoby One of the key ingredients of the strategy is forcing the right opponent on lead at the right moment Unfortunately Willy held the- South cards and wasnt quite up to the best play He won the ace of diamonds drew two rounds of trump ending in dummy and ruffed a dia mond Next came AQK of hearts Hearts didnt split so Willy ruffed the last heart Lets give him credit Willy had watched his play in the trump suit so he still had a trump en try to dummy He now led a spade to the dummy played a club He hoped East would follow with the three or four Then he could insert his five and West would be endplayed Unfortunately East put up the eight of clubs Willy played the queen losing to Wests king and a club return left Wil- with an eventual club loser NORTH 83 762 WEST KQJ8 K104 EAST 7 SOUTH J 10 A AQ5 Vulnerable Neither Dealer South South 2 NT NT Welt North East Pass Pasa Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass All pass Opening lead K Miracles ma require acceptance When Willy complained to Careful Charlie about his bad luck he was shown the error of his ways You did fine Willy up to a point commiser ated Charlie But after you had drawn two rounds of trumps ruffed a diamond and- played the high hearts what was the necessity of ruffing that fourth heart Why not Just discard a club West will have to win the trick and he will now have to lead into your AQ of clubs Broken arm Make a fashion cast POLLYS POINTERS POLLY FISHER By Polly Fisher DEAR POLLY Some time ago our daughter bad carpel tunnel sur gery and afterward she had to wear a protective covering over her band and wrist that she considered ugly She was especially upset because her plans Included attending a wedding just a few days later So I suggested thaVwe purchase a set of slouchstyle socks in a color matching her dress for the occasion She was so pleased and received many compliments on her Idea It would work equally well for a cast on a broken arm After you no longer need them to cover the cast you can wear them for their intended purpose DL DEAR DL This pointer could really cheer up a lot of forlorn but mending hands wrist and arms Those baggy socks come In every col or and fit easily over a cast The toe or foot can also be cat off If necessary to improve the fit or leave fingers on- covered Your pointer earns yon the Pointer of the Week award a copy of my book Pollys Pointers Helpful Hints for Making Everything Last Longer Others may order It for Make yoor check payable to POLLYS POINTERS and send to POLLYS POINTERS PO Box Cleveland OH POLLY DEAR POLLY My two little granddaughters ages 3 and 4 were over for the weekend When it was time to get dressed for church I dis covered my daughter bad hung their tights oh the same hanger as the dress to coordinate the colors She also at tached their hair ribbons and In a plastic bag to the same hanger Very helpful My daughter furthermore packed a couple of videos such as Peter Pan and Cinderella for my granddaugh ters white they were here I sure ap preciated that especially because it was a rainy day It seems I have to shorten most of my polyester slacks and over the years I have saved the colorful trimmedoff fabric I braid three strips together then sew them all to gether to make colorful braided rugs This Is something I can do while watching television When I need a liner for my lace ta blecloth I use my brightly colored ta blecloths that are stained They cant be used alone but they look lovely un der the lace They also work better than vinyl liners since they dont slide around so easily SPL DR GOTT By Peter The longer I practice medicine the more convinced I am that a physi cians primary role is to relieve suf fering and pain In most instances this involves diagnosing and treating illness But what happens when all methods of cure have been exhausted and the patient the end At this point I believe a doctors duty is to help allay the fear of death This means assisting the terminal pa tient to cope with the reality of his or her own mortality thereby allowing a reconciliation with defeat Such a role requires delicate skills by and large I am successful with it However sometimes it backfires I had known Joanne as a friend for more than 20 years During the past few months she had been under the care of an oncologist because of a co- Ion cancer that had spread throughout her pelvis despite chemotherapy and radiation One Sunday when her regular phy sician was unavailable I was called to Joannes house she was uncomfort able and needed assistance A brief examination confirmed my worst sus picions- Her lower bowel was literally replaced by rockhard tumor Here was a 55yearold woman who had in operable incurable cancer that snowed no signs of abating or shrinking What has your doctor told you I asked He said the cancer is treatable she replied Although it spread to my liver the chemotherapy cured it My livers OK Thats good I answered How ever It looks as though your lower bowel is involved now and Im con cerned about your discomfort Im waiting for a miracle she said A miracle Yes a miracle The doctor says more chemotherapy will cure me I want a miracle Im going to beat this thing Well I said miracles come in differentforms Perhaps your mir acle will not be a cure She was immediately wary What do you mean Sometimes in cases such as yours I continued the miracle is the act of acceptance I think that if youre going to experience a miracle it may be the serenity of acknowledg ing the seriousness of the problem the peace that comes when you know that everything possible has been done and the acceptance of what is to come No she stated Im waiting for a real miracle We talked further and she was re lieved to learn she was in no immedi ate danger I promised to report to her doctor And I did Two weeks later I called Joanne to see how she was doing Her manner was cool You did something terrible to me she blurted angrily What I was shocked You took away my hope You said the cancer had spread but my oncolo gist told me it had responded very well to therapy and was no worse than it had been a month ago You took away my hope but I am going to get my miracle anyway Im going to take more chemotherapy As I hung up the telephone I felt an irreconcilable sadness I had appar ently failed Joanne at the very mo ment she me And yet in re calling our conversation I knew I had said what needed to be said I regret ted not having stated It In terms she could have accepted more readily I believe now as I believed then that at the appropriate time the ac ceptance of death is associated with a tranquility that transcends hopeless ness My unsuccessful attempts at ad dressing her Illness were ceived by Joanne as taking away her hope This was far from my Intention Joanne had her additional chemo therapy It made her even sicker She died 15 weeks after I saw her at home I marvel at her courage I hope that at the end she was able to re 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