Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 331, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 8, 2002 Page: 4 of 10
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PAGE FOUR — Tuesday Oct 8. 2002
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Health
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Victim of tainted platelets calls
for improved donor screening
TULSA (AP) — Oklahoma's
American Indians are urged to
replace modern, sugary diets
with leaner, ancestral foods to
combat diabetes, which attacks
them at four times the rate of the
general population.
Organizers of the Return to
Your Roots conference, begin-
ning Thursday in Tulsa, said
Oklahoma Indians began getting
diabetes after they adopted poor
eating habits and ate carhohy-
drate-rich government food in
the 1930s.
"Prior to 1936. there were no
known cases of diabetes among
Native Americans," said Liz
Gray, coordinator for the state’s
39 Indian tribes' conference.
The two-day conference’s
purpose is "to look at today's
foods and compare carbohy-
drate. fiber and fat levels to tra-
ditional foods ... to find a key to
what is causing this phenomenal
rise in diabetes among Indian
people." Gray said.
About one in five of
Oklahoma's roughly 3(K).00()
Indians has diabetes, whereas
one in 20 adults have it in the
general population.
Gray said Indians for cen-
turies lived on bison meat, green
vegetables, fruits and nuts, a di-
et containing relatively low lev-
els of carbohydrates and fat.
But since the 1930s, Indians
have begun eating fast food, soft
drinks and sugary breakfast ce-
reals, leading to high rates of di-
abetes.
"We are not genetically de-
signed to have these diseases.
We need to educate our Indian
people about the realities of tra-
ditional diets ... and exercise,"
said Gray, who is part
Cherokee.
The disease has become so
widespread that many older
Indians neglect to take health
precautions because they're feel
destined to develop diabetes.
Gray said.
Dr. Diana Schwarzbein.
founder of the Endocrinology
Institute of Santa Barbara in
California, spoke Thursday at
the conference about diets that
she believes can wean diabetics
from insulin therapy.
Schwarzbein said she be-
lieves that diabetes is not a dis-
ease Indians are destined to
have, but the solution to curing
or avoiding it begins with the in-
dividual.
Kibbe McGaa Conti, a dieti-
tian and nutritionist, is to speak
Friday to outline her "Sacred
Circle Model for Native
Nutrition," an ancestral diet she
based on her grandparent's eat
ing habits on the reservation.
"All of my grandparents’
meats were lean, all of their
drinks were sugar-free." said
Conti, an Oglala Sioux tribal
member from South Dakota.
"They had gardens and ate
planted food, plenty of fruits
and vegetables, and starches in
moderation. As long as we fol-
lowed that, our people were
healthy and diabetes free."
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
A woman who nearly died after
getting a transfusion tainted by
salmonella bacteria from the
donor’s pet snake says greater
care must be taken in screening
blood donors who own reptiles.
Another person who received
the infected blood died. Doctors
are unsure if the salmonella in-
fection caused the death.
A report on the case is fea-
tured in Thursday's edition of
The New England Journal of
Medicine.
Margaret Butler of Tulsa re-
ceived the transfusion of blood
platelets, which help in blood
clotting, on April 11. 2001, as
she was about to be discharged
from St. John Medical Center in
Tulsa after a successful course of
treatment for leukemia.
“I remember I was anxious
when they put the bag up." said
Butler, 51, who works as a court
administrative assistant. “All I
remember was opening my eyes
a few hours later, the room was
dark and my blood pressure was
60 over 27."
She developed nausea, fever,
chills and started vomiting. She
had trouble breathing and her
kidneys stopped functioning.
Butler was put on hemodialysis,
was intubated and given antibi-
otics.
“They didn’t give me much
chance to survive," she said.
"Doctors told my brother to plan
my funeral."
She eventually recovered and
was discharged from the hospital
a month later.
“It wasn’t until my last week
in the ICU that suddenly every-
thing started turning around,”
she said. “It's a credit to God. A
miracle happened. That's why
I’m here."
Butler's leukemia remains in
remission and she is in good
condition.
Tests determined that she re-
ceived salmonella from the
transfusion, and that the salmo-
nella originated in a 9-foot boa
constrictor owned by a man who
donated blood platelets to the
Oklahoma Blood Institute.
On April 12, more of the
platelets were given to a 30-year-
old Oklahoma City woman
brought to a hospital because of
esophageal bleeding and severe
high blood pressure. The
woman, who had a history of cir-
rhosis, gastritis and multiple ul-
cers, died later that day of blood
loss and other complications.
The 47-year-old snake owner
said he und his daughter had
been ill less than three weeks be-
fore he donated the platelets. He
had no symptoms at the time of
the donation.
Butler said people who want
to donate blood should be asked
if they own pet reptiles.
“That one simple question
could save lives," she said.
Many reptiles carry salmo-
nella. which can be transmitted
to pet owners even if they don’t
handle the animals, the journal
article said.
Up to 3 percent of U.S.
households have a pet reptile,
and these reptiles may account
for up to 18 percent of the esti-
mated 1.4 million cases of sal-
monella that occur annually in
the United States.
"The value of routine ques-
tioning of donors regarding the
possession of pet reptiles should
be systematically assessed.” the
article said.
Community Calendar
Oct. 10
■ SHS Alumni Luncheon: Meeting
at 11:30 a.m. at Freddies.
■ Diabetes Support Group:
Plymouth Drug and Diabetes Education
- Sapulpa jointly co-sponsor a diabetes
support group which will meet at 6 p m.
at the Diabetes Education Office. 27 N.
Main. The topic for (X’toher will be
"Strategies for persons with diabetes
during the upcoming holidays." The
meeting is open to the public without
charge. Printed handouts are provided.
Handicapped parking is available on
Hobson St. Refreshments are served.
For more information, call the Diabetes
Education office at 248-3293
Oct. 15
■ TOPS OK (hapter 250 meet-
ing: Meet in the First Church of the
Nazarene Family Living Center Weigh-
• ins start at 8:30 a m. The meeting starts
at 9:45 a.m.
Oct. 16
■ Diabetes Support Group:
Plymouth Drug and Diabetes Education
Sapulpa jointly co-sponsor a diabetes
support group which will meet at It)
a.m. at the Diabetes Education Office.
27 N. Mam The topic for October will
be "Strategies for persons w ith diabetes
during the upcoming holidays." The
meeting is open to the public without
charge. Printed handouts are provided.
Handicapped parking is available on
Hobson St. Refreshments are served.
For more information, call the Diabetes
Education office at 248-5293.
Oct. 17
■ Class of 1942 meeting: The
Sapulpa High School class of 1942
meets at 5:30 p.m. at Goldie's.
■ Early 30’s meeting; 11:30 a.m. at
La Margarita restaurant.
Oct. 19
■ Open House and Bottomless
tTiflf®1 ftowl Special: 'The Kiefer
Neighborhood Association hosts an
open house and chili special from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults.
$2.50 for seniors 65 and over and chil-
dren 6-12. Children 5 and under are
free. Entertainment will be provided.
Tickets can be purchased by calling
321-3384. Seniors needing transporta-
tion can also call 321-3384. PRoceeds
will benefit the Kiefer Senior Citizen's
Center.
■ Halloween Costume and Yard
Sale, Sapulpa Community Theatre. 124
S. Water For more information, call
the theatre at 227-2169.
■ Kelly vide Public Library open
house; An open house w ill be held from
II a.m. to I p.m. celebrating the 10-
year anniversary of the Kellyville
Public Library. Refreshments will be
served. The event is sponsored by the
Friends of Kellyville Public Library.
■ Auditions for **A Christmas
Story:" 2 p.m. at Sapulpa Community
Theatre; men. women and children ages
10-60; for more information call 227-
2169
■ Kell wide Slick Road sard sales.
Oct. 21-22
■ Piano Workshops. 6-9 p.m. at
Central Tech Sapulpa: two classes avail
able Register for one clas«i for $55, Vfr
both for $95. Classes are available in
Instant Piano and Piano by Ear. Pre-reg-
istration is required by calling Janice
Hermanski 227-0331.
Oct. 22
■ TOPS OK ( hapter 250 meet-
ing; Meet in the First Church of the
Nazarene Family Living Center Weigh-
ins start at 8:30 a.m. The meeting starts
at 9:45 a.m.
Oct. 26
■ ,36th annual Charity Ball: Oaks
Country Club: keep watching the
Herald for more information: call Amy
Bell at 227-5053.
Oct. 26-27
■ Big Orchid Sale; The Tulsa
Orchid Society is hav ing a sale from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 26th and from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 27th at the Tulsa
Garden Center. 2435 S. Peoria Ave. in
Tulsa.
Oct. 29
■ TOPS OK Chapter 250 meet-
ing; Meet in the First Church of the
Nazarene Family Living Center Weigh-
ins start at 8 30 a.m. The meeting starts
at 9:45 a.m.
Nov. 1-2
■ 6th Annual Euchee Heritage
Days; To be held at the Glenpool Indian
Center. Events start at 7 p m on Nov. I.
Nov. 5
■ TOPS OK ( hapter 250 meet-
ing; Meet in the First Church of the
Nazarene Family Living Center. Weigh
ins start at 8:30 a.m. The meeting starts
at 9:45 a.m.
Nov. 9
I 21st Annual Christmas Bazaar;
The Prairie Bell HCE will have a
Christmas Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Morris High School Gym in
Morris I he sale is sponsored by the
Prairie Hell HCE <Xi OSl Extension
Center. Sixty-six booths of unique
items.
Nov. 12
■ TOPS OK ( hapter 250 meet-
ing: Meet in the First Church of the
Nazarene Family Living Center. Weigh-
ins stan at 8:30 a nt The meeting starts
at 9:45 a.m.
Nov. 14
■ SHS Alumni Luncheon: Meeting
at 11 30 a.m. at Freddies.
Nov. 16-IN
I Aleutian Islands veterans mid-
America reunion; A reunion will be-
held in Rogers. Ark All service branch
es, 1941 and later are welcome. For in-
formation and registration, send a self
•ulressed. stumped envelope to: Al King
P.O. Box 130327
Sunrise FL. 33313.
Nov. 21
■ Early 30*s meeting; 11:30 a.m. at
La Margarita restaurant
■ Class of 1942 meeting: The
Sapulpa High School class of 1942
meets at 5:30 p.m. at Goldie's.
■ Annual Sapulpa Main Street
Christmas Lighting Ceremony: From
5 to 6 p.m. downtown Sapulpa at the
gazebo; special music.
Dec. 12
■ SHS Alumni Luncheon; Meeting
at 11:30 a.m at Freddies.
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