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Heart Surgery No Longer Rare Event At Hospital

‘‘And no more shots!” exclaims the pink-sheeked, five-year-old girl as she looks up from her coloring book. The face might be that of one of many children who have had many shots during a stay at a hospital for surgery to correct defects in their hearts. The one who said this, however, was Deborah Ann Seitz, who lives in Decatur and .who underwent heart surgery last July 8, area residents will recall. The delicate surgery, using a heart-lung machine and newly donated whole blood, was something unheard of until recently, because the heart was considered untouchable in surgery a quarter of a century ago. For Deborah, the surgery corrected two heart defects she was born with. Now Deborah, like many other persons who have had such surgery, is able to play without getting tired so quickly. The defects having been mended, such heart patients can expect to lead normal lives. • Two Other Operations But Deborah’s story—as it is when one looks at individual cases —is not as simple as that sounds. It adds up, as it does in other cases, to a dramatic illustration of what medical science can do today, to an illustration of the courage a family has to take advantage of such advances, and what neighbors can do to help, and to a ray of hope for other heart patients who need such surgery. The July 8 operation was preceded by two smaller operations to detect just what sort of defect was in the heart. Called catherazations, they were performea also at the Indiana University Medical center in Indianapolis, one when she was 15 months old, the second when she was turning five, last March. In between the two operations, Deborah was able to travel to Germany with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Seitz, while Mr. Seitz was in the armed services. The Seitzes stayed there from March to November, 1956. In the catherazation, a dye is put into the blood vessels around j the heart so that doctors can exam-! ine the action of the heart. After the first operation like this, Mrs. Seitz explains, a new technique was developed and used in the second catherazation this spring. Motion pictures were taken of the heart's movements, giving doctors a chance to trace the defect more accurately. Others Have Surgery - When the second operation was

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performed and Deborah had her second three-day stay in Indianapolis, the appointment was made for the surgery to correct the defect in the heart. So many operations were scheduled, Mrs. Seitz said, that the surgery was set for three months ahead, in July. The hospital, she explains, takes two children each weex ror sucn surgery. During that second stay, Deborah celebrated her fifth birthday. And the people at Riley children’s hospital helped her make it a celebration, giving her a party, a cake and all the trimmings. A good-will organization in Indianapolis provides for parties such as these, and presents each child with a dress or shirt and trousers outfit as the child leaves the hospital, in addition to giving him toys while he is a patient. After the July surgery, the organization was giving a party the night before she went home. This time Deborah’s reaction was different. No, she did not want to go to the party. She wanted to go to sleep as soon as she could, so she would get to go home sooner! (She did go, after all, Mrs. Seitz added.) Before the Seitzes went to Indianapolis in July the family moved from their home on North Second street to a red house, 211 Park Place. This moving all added to the excitement of July for the family. Before they arrived in Indianapolis for the operation, Mrs. Seitz commented, they had thought that such heart defects were rare. At the Riley Children’s hospital, many of the patients were heart patients, with children there from Columbus, which is near Indianapolis, to cities Out of Indiana. She learned of other persons who have such heart defects and who want to know what the surgery is like, Mrs. Seitz added, explaining that she has talked to other mothers in this area whose children will need this surgery. Donors Go Before Surgery Area neighbors who had offered to donate blood needed for the heart-lung machine traveled to Ini dianapolis Tuesday, July 7, to donate the blood. There they underwent extensive tests before the blood was taken and placed in plastic containers to wait to be put into the machine the next morning. The machine would take over the duties of the heart, so the blood stream could be shunted away from the heart while the defects were being repaired. The operation began about 7 o’clock the morning of July 8. and

lasted until about noon. However, the heart-lung machine was operating for about 12 to 15 minutes, Mrs. Seitz commented, pointing out that the preparation to do the work on the heart takes much of the time. After the surgery, Debbie was placed on the critical list, as are all patients who undergo this type of surgery. Placed in an oxygen tent, she was in a smaller ward with othei; children until the day before she was to go home, when she went into a ward with a group of other children, some of whom were heart patients who were recuperating. One other heart patient, Debbie remembers, had a similar operation the day before she did, but she adds, “We both went home the same day!” Attending physicians called in Mr. and Mrs. Seitz shortly after the operation, to explain what they had found, Mrs. Seitz says, adding that the authorities at the medical center kept them well informed on what they were going to do. The operation had been more complicated than they had thought it would be. Expecting to find one defect, they had found two. In a drawing of the heart, they showed where there were two holes that had to be mended—one in the wall between the two upper partitions of the heart, ane one in the valve leading from the lower left part to the upper left. “Remarkable Recovery” In spite of the extra complication, Debbie made a remarkable recovery, doctors said. She came back to the Seitzes new home in Decatur seven days after the surgery. Deborah was to take it easy after the operation ,and returned to the hospital for a checkup August 3. Listening to and otherwise checking the heart, doctors found Deborah in good health ahd'sient her back home, to return for a second checkup in November. Right now it is Deborah’s younger brother Mike, 2*4, who is taking it easy. For Debbie is not the only member of her family who has had an operation recently. Mike was in the Adams county memorial hospital three days for minor surgery recently. On this, Debbie comments, pointing, “Mike was in the hospital over there. But I had to go a long way off.” Butterflies and a Fashion Show Not only are all the post-opera-tion shots over, but Deborah can now play with the neighbor children without getting as "tired as she used to. As if to prove this, she and her playmates have been out catching butterflies and other insects since she was able to go cut. The butterflies they often take to Deborah’s grandmother, Mrs. H. O. Burgett, who will use them in pictures. Excited, too, about going to kin-

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dergarten at Lincoln school this fall, Debbie says her grandmother is making her several new dresses. But she will not tell her mother what kind they are before kindergarten begins. Well, four days before kindergarten begins, she will. She will give her mother a fashion show. Turning her attention to the coloring book, she picks up a crayon and gives a Pilgrim girl a purple cap. Is her favorite color purple? Yes, she nods. Maybe, she adds—as she gives the Pilgrim girl a red blouse and blue shoes—one of her new kindergarten dresses will be red. 0 — o 20 /ears Ago Today O— ——■■■" Q Aug. 27, 1939 was Sunday and no paper was published. 0 — ; o Modern Etiquette I j By ROBERTA LEE | o o Q. Just what Is considered the proper length of time betwen the announcement of an engagement and the wedding? A. There is no hard-and-fast rule, this depending naturally upon circumstances. Usually, the maximum is six month, and if a couple anticipates a greater length of time, the announcemnt of the engagment can b postponed until the date of the wedding is fairly cer. tain. Q. What are some suggestions for appetizers at a cocktail party? A. Simplest, of course, are peanuts, olives, pretzels, and cheese crackers. If you want to be more elaborate, you can serve small sandwiches of various kinds—and the modern cookbooks are full of suggestions on this. Q. Is it a matter of etiquette for a new father to give out cigars and candy to his friends? > A. There are no rules of etiquette regarding this. It's just an old widespread American custom—and I think it’s a nice one. Chicago onit s|;-33 *ll Plus Tax COACH V ._J. hlt tug... take At Erit TELEPHONE 3-4311