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Page 8 Donna LaPrieur (left) helps Carstairs artist Gwen Day show off The Light in the Storm , which will be a little bit of light in her own storm. Day donated the painting, to be auctioned by sealed bid, to help LaPrieur buy a machine that will relieve some of the suffering she faces from a painful disease. artist sheds a little light in a painful storm by Derrick Penner Donna Norndon has found waging a personal battle to help relieve a friend's suffering from a rare disease, to be a difficult task, but she is starting to find some allies. Gwen Day, a Carstairs artist recently decided to step in with some much welcomed help, giving not cash, but a little bit of her talent. Day donated one of her works, a water color painting titled There is light in the storm, to be auctioned off for Donna LePrieur's cause. LePrieur is the friend Donna Norndon is trying to help. The disease she suffers from is called Lymphedema. or Millroy's disease. She was born with the disease, which causes the tissue in her limbs to retain water and swell up to 30 inches in diameter, with 85 pounds of pressure, causing a great deal of pain. Norndon noted that her friend stands up to the disease well. Donna is such a happy-go-lucky, bubbly person it's hard to know she's in pain. she said. Though LePrieur was bom with it. the Lymphedema did not start to really show until she was about 14. For a number of years she lived with the disease under the more cruel monicker of elephan- titis. The condition worsens in the summer, when hot weather causes the swelling to increase. While Lymphedema runs in LePrieur's family, her father had it and she has an aunt and an uncle who have it, it is still rare and when she runs into a new doctor she has to educate them on the condition. LePrieur now sees one vascular specialist in Calgary, but added that there is little knowledge about the disease for him to look to. Lymphedema forced LePrieur to quit working three years ago. She now lives off a disability pension, on an acreage east of Carstairs with her 22 year old son. The only thing LePrieur's doctor has found that is of any use is a machine called a Lymphapress. It uses sleeves that apply con- cedntric pressure that forces the retained fluid out of the limbs, and to the bladder for relief. LePrieur used to have a similar machine, but outgrew it with her condition a number of years ago. Special stockings and pills have also proven to be ineffective. Even with the Lymphapress, she will have to spend six to eight hours a day on it, and this will only manage The Gazette the swelling. The problem is that the machine costs 10,000 to buy, and a 600 a month to rent. LePrieur found that in having Millroy's congenitally, she was unable to get help from Alberta Health Care in obtaining the machine, and found the group health insurance plan of her former employer did not cover this cost. However last year, when a scratch to her hand caused massive swelling and the brief loss of function to her arm, Norndon started the campaigrf''to get a Lymphapress for LePrieur. It began in August, with an article in the Calgary Rural Times, from which Norndon received a personal donation of 50, which was put into a bank account. So far, they have not had luck in appeals to local service clubs. It's so hard for one person to raise funds for one disease, she said, noting that it seems like every month it seems like organizations like the Heart Foundation are out looking for donations. Norndon, however, does have hope that she can still attract some attention to LePrieur's campaign, and maybe reach, and help other people who have Lymphedema. When Norndon was contacted by Day about donating the painting, she said this is wonderful, to be able to create something and have the heart to donate it. Norndon has also found hope for the campaign, from support she has found within the community since it has started to attract attention in the press, receiving several cards and letters of support, along with donations. And these are just individuals, not big groups. Having their support behind me keeps me going, she said. With recent local publicity, public response has swelled Wednesday, December 11, 1991 Christmas *- - Open Mouse please join us for some Christmas cheer on Jriday, December 13, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Widmer ili UtyLtcC ph. SS6-40S0 ftexSS6-40SS Mountain 1r vWSrarnrping Piaza Beat 2679, Olds, Sttberu. TDM 1T0 that account to about 1,500. LePrieur also has hope of seeing a lymphapress again. I gave up three years ago, I thought I was never going to get it Now everyday it's like, when I get that machine I'm just really looking forward to it, she said. Day said she first learned of LePrieur's plight through her local newspaper. She said she felt concerned, but it was seeing a second article in another newspaper, along with some spiritual guidance, that pushed her into action. It would have been easier to give money, but with a painting, I thought it could gain more exposure, and go for much more than I could have given cash wise, she said. Though the storm clouds are dark, a faint, promising light glows at the heart of the storm carries the theme. A theme appropriate to LePrieur's cause, shedding some light in her own personal storm. There is light in the storm, will be available for viewing and bidding at Con- There is light in the temporary Graphics in storm, is a prairie Didsbury until Decem- landscape of a ber 20. Bidding will be gathering storm behind by sealed ballot, star- three country elevators, ting at 200. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS IN THE ESTATE OF HENRY EHRHARDT, late of the Town of Olds in the Province of Alberta, who died the 30th day of November. 1991. TAKE NOTICE that all persons who i have claims upon the estate of the above named must file with Rose Teresa Ehrhardt by Jan. 2, 1992. a full statement of their claims and of securities held by them. ttOSE TERESA EHRHARDT (Executrix of Estate) Box 764 OLDS. Alberta TOM 1P0 50-2tc NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS IN THE SURROGATE COURT OF ALBERTA JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF CALGARY IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES HENRY EARLE DENNIS (also known as HARRY DENNIS) late of the Town of Olds, in the Province of Alberta who died on the 25th day of November, 1991. TAKE NOTICE that all persons having claims upon the estate of the above named must file with ALVIN F. GANSER by January 14th. 1992 a full statement of their claims and of securities held by them. ALVIN F. GANSER Barrister Solicitor Box 3207, Olds. Alberta TOM 1P0 Solicitor for the Executrix of the Estate of JAMES HENRY EARL DENNIS. 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