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B12 The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 1978 Medical science saves Acton mans thumb His thumb Is constantly stinging but an Acton man Is thankful it is still there to be sore Cecil Stuckless of mangled his thumb In an industrial accident In Milton on March Once he freed his hand from the machinery he calmly walked across the plant to the first aid station There was no pain no blood Only the fear that his thumb was lost forever It was at ached to the rest of the hand by one tendon Fellow workers rushed Mr Stuckless to Milton District Hospital where chief of staff Stephen Legate attended him Legato knew of a team of surgeons who could possibly save the thumb so sent Mr Stuckless off to St Michaels hospital in Toronto in an ambulance Ralph Manktelow a plastic surgeon at that tal along with Nancy and Ronald both plastic surgeons were notified Mr Stuckless was on his way and prepared for the replant operation The patient arrived at the hospital at IS two hours and 15 minutes after the accident He still did not feel any pain he Mr Stuckless said he was awake lor the entire opera tion which was a gruelling hours Local anesthetic was administered and he watched the doctors as they worked He explained he was In so much shock the work did not bother him It was not until after the operation and doctors bad replaced his thumb that the pain started It hasnt stop ped Mr said It feels like frozen toes as they ihawing out Ten days and two casts later Mr Stuckless was able to return home to his family Doctors estimated three months before their patient will be able to have any feel ing In this thumb and another three months before It ill be useable Even though it Is his left thumb and he is right han ded Mr Stuckless has had to make changes In his life When lifting his oneyearold son Roy he must move his hand In such a way that the baby does not touch the tender part The family had to switch to a new brand of diapers for Roy also as Mr Stuckless had difficulty changing the old kind Simple things like doing up buttons and zippers also pose problems Every hour for ten minutes Mr must do exercises with his thumb He can now touch the end of his other fingers with it and move it slightly but he has a long way to go yet In the meantime he stays at home waiting to heal He has another several months before he can report back to work and although he is very bored his two sons Roy and Sheldon 3 enjoy having their father home with them all day If the accident had hap pened six years ago or if Mr was taken to another doctor he would have lost his thumb Special microvascular sur geons are showing up across the country offering their knowledge and skills in the medical profession Many small town doctors do not know of these various teams reports The Medical Post a newspaper for the Canadian medical profession Oddly enough its still not really known by all physl clans that amputated thumbs fingers hands arms cases feet can be replanted the newspaper said The paper continued CECIL STUCKLESS is a lucky man today He lost his left thumb an industrial accident and is now recuperating from surgery which replanted it It will be several months before he can return to work but sons Roy andSheldon 3 dont mind having their father home all day Legate when asked in a telephone interview what criteria Milton District Mr Stuckless is very grate- Hospital uses to determine ful to the Milton doctor and which replant candidates to the Toronto team Ho feels he send to St Michaels said a very lucky man to have We send them all rather come away from the hospital than do amputations with his thumb intact The this ia often not the replanting of a completely cose with many smaller mangled thumb or finger Is a hospitals according to Dr very rare operation but with Daniels who says these medical sclenco advance- centres still put amputated more and more people fingers and hands in for arc as lucky as Mr Stuckless THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS SPONSORED BY THE ACTON INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES IN THE INTEREST OF THEIR EMPLOYEES Reduction of activity days rejected Several bids by different trustees to reduce the number of professional activity PD days for Helton teachers failed Hal ton Board of Education Thursday Prior to debate the admtni listed the number of professional activity days teachers with surrounding boards are allowed InHalton teachers have nine profes sional activity days and all of the surrounding boards arc looking at or Trustee Bert picked out the Wellington board as one where a high number of days has been suggested by administration while trustees are considering no days or a maximum of three He ac cused the administration of trying to mislead trustees Noting all of the other boards around have more days Trustee Fred wondered if some boards have less Superln lendent of Special Services Ron Chapman said he didnt know Board members were told that professional activity are necessary for school administration especially In high schools and only part of the time Is for professional development A special cost benefit study on professional activity days is being carried out In Halton Trustees are concerned the money used to pay teachers for those days might bo better spent having them In the classroom Milton Trustee Ivan Armstrong suggested professional activity days be trimmed from nine to six at the elementary level He thought they should remain at nine for high schools since most of those days arc used for school administration In suggesting the three day elementary reduction Armstrong pointed out he wasnt saying the days arent used wisely He said he thinks they are useful but there Is also a groundswell of public opinion against them Armstrong said he the public Is wrong to think they are nothing more than days off for teachers and Is accusing them of wasting professional activity days At the same time he thinks the only thing the public will accept Is a reduction Hlnton agreed the days are taken seriously by teachers but thought only five are needed Next Trustee Jim who had already announced he could bring a motion in tho future to reduce the number of professional activity days to six for both elementary and secondary teachers suggested a cut to seven days for both panels He said the days arc useful but the public wants less professional activity days Since 1973 teachers have had professional activity days Clelland added Hlnton supported this reduction call also noting which would normally be done on those extra two professional ac tivity days could Just as easily be done during regular school time Trustee Bill Lawson said be couldnt support a reduction If teachers were In the clasp- room no money would be saved he said There la money in the budget for materials used on professional activity days Trustee Len Crosier noted bo the days do cost the board money It was pointed out that the school calendar is organized much the same next year as it was this year and the board is trying a plan for two years to see how the public will react The board fs also encouraging parents and taxpayers to go to the schools an professional activity days so they can see what is accomplished Armstrong Crosier Clelland and Trustee Elsie Hilsonall supported the two day reduction but the motion lost The possibility of following other boards lead and chopping a professional activity day each time the schools are closed by snow was also discussed After some debate Crosier presented a motion that either float professional replace instructional days activity days which are lost to school closures different for each education There will be nine profes- area or professional activity activity days next year days In June be used to in Halton Hinton wants pupils praying for unity Acton Trustee Bert Hlnton has decided to try again to persuade Board of Education to have pupils pray for Canadian unity February Hlnton asked the board to follow an eastern Ontario boards lead and have pupils pray weekly for unity There was no interest in the plan shown by other trustees Hlnton has announced he will try again in May to have his plan endorsed The following Is the prayer believes all pupils should be saying Our Father as Canadians you have blessed us with a country rich in its people its beauty and its material wealth We pray that our country will ever be a truly human community and a country of peace that we will respect each others differences and become greater for having shared life with people different thunourselvcs Make us as Canadians not hard and unrelenting to one another but help us to be peaceful and accepting And from our differencesmake us a people reflecting to the world not discord and division but the gracefulness and goodness of a Amen TURN TO PAGE i ACTON LADIES FASTBALL Try Outs PROSPECT PARK Sunday April 9 Noon Tuesday April 8 pm pm WOOD or FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO FAMILY- Sale APRIL 19 ECONOMY Save On The Brands You Know And Trust LUNCHEON MEATS SHOULbERlAMB CHOPS 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