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stroke victim requires help from community on her road to recovery tribune january 14 1987 a5 by chris shanahan stouffville a classified ad in todays tribune reads simp ly help stroke victim mother with special problems h days please call 6401313 for lynne pupella of rr 3 stouffville this request for assist- ance is part of a trying saga that dates back to july 19 1985 at that time she was a success ful young accountant married in good health and seven months pregnant with her first child then in a matter of seconds ev erything came crashing down mrs pupella had just finished eating a bowl of strawberries at her parents lake muskoka cot tage when she suddenly suffered a ruptured aneurysm in her brain she was rushed to bracebridge hospital and then in what she considers a lifesaving decision by an attending nurse was wisked to toronto general hos pital were the seriousness of her illness was diagnosed her condition was so precarious at one point that doctors decided to deliver her baby prematurely a boy niko was born with a re lated throat disorder but has been doing much better since coming home with his mom brain damage had caused para lysis down one side of mrs pupel- las body thus making the recov ery process a tremendous chal lenge when finally released from hos pital she required extensive ther apy to help her relearn all the normal functions speaking writing walking etc that most healthy persons take for granted two subsequent brain opera tions were required and the pa tient is anticipating a third and hopefully final one before the end of 1987 i want to get it done and over with and i hope to not see another hospital for the rest of my life she said recently her speech still noticeably slow and deliberate mrs pupellas family mem bers are limited in their ability to assist her now that shes back at her rural stouffville home as a result the 30yearold mother is looking to the community for a helping hand shes able to manage most household duties involved with raising a young child but craves the free time that she cant afford at present im looking for someone to come in the afternoons or in the morning she said of the volun teer weekday position i can take care of him niko but once or twice a week id like to go riding the avid equestrians horse hobby is yet another thing that has been forced onto the back bur ner during the past year a volunteer may also be re quired to provide transportation locally as mrs pupella is unable to drive a car following a seizure connected with her condition iss canada hits slopes dtdagmar on monday uxbbidge twp miss canada 1987 will grace the slopes of dagmar ski resort to help kick off national ski veek which roris jan 1726 ia23- lesresi as one of her hobbles pays a daylong visit to the uxbridge twn facility on monday jan 19 is simpson was crowned 986 during the 40th anniversary miss canada pageant aired on ctv televi- shes a nursing school- graduate who plans to obtain her masters degree for busi- ness- administration in marketing research miss canada appears locally on be half of pageant sponsor elan skis national ski week officially gets underway at dagmar saturday with an anniversary party for the resorts skiwi program this is to be fol lowed by family fun in the nor- dic area on sunday monday is molsonsday where skiers pay just 199 for either a lift pass or trail fee good between 12 noon and 8 pm proceeds will go to the a lung association of durham region therell also be a special presentation of a computer donated by richard bojahra of whitbyscompulink sys- tems inc to camp samac in oshawa a variety of events carry on 1 throughout the week includv jing a casino night set for saturday jan 24 again money raised here will be don- rated to the durham lung association in conjunction with 1987s ski for life theme in 1986 dagmar won a mtional competition for its j romotionai efforts during national ski week lrm miss canada tinamay simpson editors mail volunteers thanked stouffville mother copes with disability lynne pupella of rr 3 stouffville enjoys a happy i family life with son niko 17 months and dog tyler despite the various setbacks she has faced since 1985 the former head of her own accountancy firm is now confined to her rural home as she battles back from a stroke that necessitated extensive brain surgery chris shanahan dear editor on behalf of the board of direc tors of the united way of york region and campaign chairman carmen dipaola i wish to say thank you to all of the people in stouffville who made generous donations to the recently- completed united way cam paign we achieved our forecasted goal of 1236000 a good deal of this coming from the businesses and residents of the stouffville area we would like also to thank all those campaign workers and in particular stouffville chairman hank de groot for the long hours spent on our behalf the generous support we re ceived will allow our 30 member agencies to continue with their work in york region without any interruption again many thanks stouff ville yours truly andrew meles vicepresident community relations united way of york region wednesday january 14th thursday january 15th friday january 16th saturday january 17th