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Tyler Morning Telegraph from Tyler, Texas • 21

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Tyler Msrnlag Telegraph TUESDAY. APRIL 19. 1983 Sec. 2 'aoi-SDamsagedl CBaiM's JPaireiii4s "Carpeting and draperies sell fast inClassifiedr-MrT-Busk nessman. Call us with your rvQ Lawrence E.

Lamb.M.D i Medicine And Prostate New Store I loiuv 9 am-7 pm Pets 2707 W. SW Loop 323 Aero from ()' Diamond) Credit Cards Welcome! 561-3480 FERRET limited ----Niw Shipment 1 o.i... ft. r. HOUSTON (UPI) The parents of a 2-year-old girl who may never walk, talk or feed herself because of brain damage at birth won a $119 million settlement Monday.

The family's lawyer called it the largest individual malpractice award ever. Pasadena Bayshore HospitaU-one of Hospital Corp. of -America's "357 facilities nationwide, agreed to pay auto parts store manager Ronnie D. Ferris, 32, and his wife Linda, 29, of Pasadena, S4.25 million in 30 days. The hospital also agreed to monthly payments the first year of $7,000, with those monthly payments escalating each year Andrea Ferris lives.

If Andrea lives an expected 77 years, the award will total $119.2 million. The case wfis to have gone to trial Monday. Mrs. Ferris said she accepted the settlement with mixed feelings. "I'm just glad Andy (Andrea) will be taken care of." Mrs.

Ferris said. "But I still have heartaches. over what would have happened if these people had taken care of this problem." Plaintiffs' lawyer Richard Mitthof, who said he had never heard of a larger malpractice award to a family, said doctors determined Andrea suffered severe brain damage before and during delivery because of oxygen deprivation. The lawsuit alleged "gross negligence" on the part of a doctor, nurses and hospital administrators. Mitthof said Andrea was delivered by Caesarian section PARAKEET FINCH or Arriving th I huisday lUAR 1 fiFFl but, because of a doctor's mishandling of the case, doctors waited too.

long to surgically rescue the child from distress inside the mother's womb. "In all probability she will never talk, never walk, never have normal control over her bowel and bladder, never feed herself 7. (never) provide any care for herself," the lawsuit said. State District Judge Charles L. Price approved the settlement.

Pasadena Bayshore nurses said in court depositions that attending obstetrician Dr. Michael T. Brody, a former staff doctor, failed to respond to their repeated summons for help during Mrs. Ferris' difficult labor July 7, 1980. Hospital Administrator Dr.

Donald L. Francis said in depositions filed at the Harris County Courthouse that he had received information prior to Andrea's birth that Brody was taking Dexedrine and Valium regularly. Brody, no longer on Pasadena Bayshore Hospital's staff, was not immediately available for comment. He maintains a private practice in Houston. He filed for reorganization of debts under Chapter 11 of U.S.

bankruptcy laws on Jan. 28, 1982. The settlement indemnified Brody and all the hospital employees, with the hospital paying all damages. Mitthof said Brody orignally was named as a defendant but was dropped when he filed bankruptcy. Individual defendants named in the case were staff ob-stetric-pediatric director Dr.

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1 By Lawrence Lamb, M.D. DEAR DR. LAMB I am an avid reader of your column and go along with much of your advice. There is one thing I wish you would mention when you discuss prostate problems again, and that is the problems prostate patients have tak- ing medicines. There is no cough medicine or nasal congestion tablet that a per: son suffering from an enlarged prostate can take freely.

My doctor used to prescribe Combid for my colon. Now I can't take it anymore. The -point I'm trying to make is there is hardly any medicine, whether over-the-counter or by prescription that a person with prostate trpuble can take. If you have any suggestions, I'm sure thousands more like me' would appreciate them. DEAR READER Good point.

Many men who have, an enlarged prostate will not 1 have enough of an obstruction to develop any significant problems until they take a medicine that aggravates the obstruction and significantly increases symptoms. In some cases these medicines cati cause a person to be unable to empty his bladder at most common group of over-the-counter drugs is the antihistamines which are found in various items sold to relieve colds and' nasal congestion. It follows that antihistamines in any medicines, including those for allergies, may have a similar effect. In the prescribed group there are the antispasmodics to treat digestive symptoms and decrease stomach motility and acid. These are the atropine-like medicines and include Probanthine.

Diuretics, which are commonly used, may increase prostate symptoms and obstruction. So can tranquilizers and medicines for lungs, such as bronchodila-tors, which are used to treat asthma. The ingredients in coffee and tea may also aggravate symptoms. Beyond medicines, bed rest imposed for any reason-but also after injury and surgery, can also cause obstruction symptoms. These conditions usually include problems of medications prescribed.

Other aspects of an enlarged prostate are included in The, Health Letter 15-6, Prostate Gland Problems, which I am sending you. Others cpn send 75 cents with a long, stamped, self-addressed envelope for it to me, in care of this newspaper, P.O. Box 1551, Radio City Station, New York, NY 10019. DEAR DR. LAMB tAfter extensive examinations and blood panels, the doctors have diagnosed my eye problem as Graves' disease." A sister had the same problem and her physician said it thyroid that caused the swelling of the eyes.

My doctor says it is -'not thyroid: Which is correct? DEAR. READER You are probably confused by different terminology used by the two doctors. The facts are that Graves'disease was originally described as three main features: increased metabolism, enlarged thyroid gland and exophthalmos (pop eyed) by Dr. Robert Graves in 1835. Clearly one reason for protruding eyes and some associated findings can be an overactive thyroid gland.

About half of the patients with Graves' disease have eye findings. Graves' disease is an overactive thyroid state. But not all overactive thyroid states are classified as Graves' disease. Some thyroid nodules produce an excess amount of thyroid hormone and cause an overactive thyroid. And of course you can have swollen or prominent eyes from other causes as well.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UPI) Officials said 13-month-old Brandon Hall's newly transplanted liver was functioning better Monday and they were, cautiously optimistic the world's second youngest liver transplant patient would re- cover. "The liver is taking over more of its work' said spokesman Scott Kent of the LeBonheur Children's Mecical Center. "Doctors say his improvement is due to the treatment and to time. They say his chances are better than 60-50." The Walnut, boy remained in critical but stable condition in the intensive care unit, but his vital signs were stable.

Doctors were giving Brandon a special drug, Cyclosporin so his body will not reject the new liver transplanted Thursday. "They just started it over the weekend," said Kent. "As far as the time he could remain on this drug, it could be a couple years or the rest of his life. Right now he's getting the drug every 12 hours." The young patient was visited Monday by Rep. Al Gore, the Tennessee Democrat whose Washington subcommittee heard an emotional plea from the boy's mother just hours before his transplant operation.

The subcommittee is examining the high cost and availability of organ transplants. Billie Hall and Brandon then rushed back to Memphis for the complicated surgery when a liver, donated by the parents of a 9-month-old Virginia girl who died after a car' wreck, was located. Brandon developed trouble the day' after the 12-hour operation, however, and doctors had to take him back to surgery to drain excess blood from his swelling abdomen. He also was treated for urinary problems and post-operative infection, which doctors have been able to control with medication. "I must say that Brandon looks a lot better than he looked last week," Gore said after giving the boy a toy rabbit.

"He has some mountains to climb, as his doctors say, and he's not out of the woods yet, but he's picking up strength." Olde English Village Broadway at Amherst Open 7 days a week a. Plus i wldt talictlon of vagetiblis Newly Remodeled-Double Seating Capacity Private Banquet Room Available Chinese Restaurant and Club Take Out Service 592-6953 Take-out orders available Rooms available for Private club memberships private parties available Reservations: 561-9950 1Q SP mini Butterfly Shrimp $495 (Complete Dinner) Oysters on 12 Shell mm mem Led By 'HBO Kid' Catele IPSracy M5inig Cracked FINN A FEATHER RESTAURANT OPEN: 5 pm-10 pm 321 1 Gentry Pkwy 2 Blks So. Of Holiday Inn 593-2432 Prime Steaks Fresh Seafood Catfish Buffet next several weeks, including people allegedly trained by Cardamone and others who acted independently. fa 0 Television Schedulle 0 These listings an published as a public service Slalions furnishing those logs are responsible lor thnf accuracy Occasionally, changei occur that are no! made known lo this newspaper prior to our normal advntt? deadline Tuesday Morning RED ACKER'S MR. CATFISH ALL YOU CAN EAT TUESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 5 PM TO 9 PM SCRANTON, Pa.

(AP) A man who called himself the "HBO Kid" was named Monday as the mastermind of the country's largest known cable television piracy ring, which cost five legitimate firms up to $2.5 million over five years. "They were so businesslike they even made service calls," said state Attorney General LeRoy Zimmerman. Frank Cardamone, 23, of Taylor, was arraigned before District Justice Eugene Cadden and released on his own recognizance pending an April 26 preliminary hearing at the Lackawanna County courthouse. Cardamone's surrender followed an undercover investigation that Zimmerman said pitted "sophisticated electronic theft against sophisticated electronic surveillance." He said Cardamone got an early start in the electronics business and was "very clever, crafty and industrious. He said he even used the name "HBO Kid" on his business card and license plates.

Cardamone allegedly provided about 2,700 northeastern Pennsylvania customers with illegal converters that unscrambled the signals of extra-cost television channels such as Home Box Office (HBO). Customers of the piracy scheme were charged a onetime fee of $100 to $125, compared to a monthly charge of $7 for a legal converter by each of the five cable companies that operated in the region, the attorney general said. To avoid suspicion, Zimmerman said, the cable pirates rented trucks similar to those used by cable firms in the area they served in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties, mainly in the Scran-ton-Wilkes Barre area. Zimmerman said his agents plan more arrests over the ADULTS KLTV WFAA KDFW KXAS KTVT KTBS KTAL KSLA I KTRE Chtnwl 7 Tyln 8 Di'llw 4 0ll 5flWortti HflWt1h3 SWport 6 Sh port 12 Sh port 9 lultm oo Good Good Ht Tooav Sltm Bmg I Good I Todty Shorn I CBS Nni I Good I i Mormnq 'Wmnfl Thutn Morning I 10 Amntei rAorntnf Amtrtca Amtrtca Boo Com.dr 000 Cmn Gifglin Child Hot.1 Qoo Jwn aakktf Hour 25.000 Phil Donahu I Lo Lucy Bonanla Phil Oonahua Jim Bakhar Maoanna Pviamid Stmmoni Onild i Play lOrtamOf fdfiOt fi i Jaannn Widhi lfloo LmtBoal LoaBoal Pnca li flight Facta Ol Tha Fugna lo. Boat Whaal 0( Plica It Right Loa Baal 111 lita Fortuna 1US tZZ 1 1 oo Family Faud Fa.nily Faud Young Nt Nawi Family Faud Juit Man Young Family Faud I I 11 Flanlaai Bantamr! Ftaitlaai I Ftyani Hopa Ryam Hopa Whaal Ryam Hopa Aik La Taa Ryani Hooa I I Fortuna Today lfloo All'ry All Vv Nawi Nam Mary Tylaf All My Oayi Ot Our Hnn All I Childran Childran Moora Childran Lun Child ran I At Tha World Dayi Ot Our Mo: A Tha World I Tumi Liai "A Chump Turn! Firm Br ops 2 'TV Sites CHILDREN FRESH BLUE CHANNEL CATFISH (Steaks or Whole Fish) plus our own cole slaw, homemade hushpup-pies, French fries, chilled tomato and all the trimmings! GO TO CHANDLER-TAKE LEFT ON FM 31 5 GO 7 MILES TO RED ACKER'S WESTSIDE BAY MR.

CATFDSM CLOSED MONDAY OPEN 5 PM-9 PM TUES-THURS. 5 PM-10 PM FRI. SAT. 1 2 NOON-8PM SUNDAY SAN DIEGO (AP) Oak Industries, Inc. says operators of ON-TV over-the-air Subscription television in Phoenix, Ariz, and Dallas-Ft." Worth, Texas will have meetings this week to discontinue their services.

The two operations repre-" sent 9 percent of Oak's more headquarters in Rancho Bernardo wouldn't give specific money figures on the changes, Philip S. Harper acting general manager of Oak's Chicago ON-TV system, told the Los Angeles Times that the Phoenix and Dallas systems "have been serious problems for us for some time." InterFirst 'lnlrFirsl Bnli Tylar A Interhrst i A CHANGE YOU CAN GROW WITH ot RO'IMNIE ftlOLSAP IN CONCERT MEXICAN RESTAURANT 6704 S. Broadway 581-7903 than 522,000 subscribers and both systems have lost money, but Oak spokesmen will not say how much. Oak said the terminations, to be approved this week by local management committees, will not affect the subscription TV operations in Chicago, Los Angeles or Ft. Lauderdale, -Miami.

The Dallas-Fort Worth operation, with 146 employees and 17,000 subscribers, is scheduled to close April 30 and the Phoenix system, with 141 emloyees. and 25,000 subscribers, will end May 4. Over-the air pay television, which offers only one channel to subscribers, has had problems competing with Cable-TV which can offer many channels at the same or a lower price. The Dallas operation had other problems. The system, with 21,000 subscribers, competed with- two other over-the-air providers and a cable system is under construction, i Also, Oak's Dallas partner, Texas Subscription Television, owner of Channel 21, refused to broadcast the adults-only programming which 89 percent of the local ON-TV subscribers paid to receive.

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