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a miracle recovery from major surgery tribune february 10 1988 all by bruce stapley i stouffville on may 9 1985 pat robinson lay on her couch watching television when fs she puts it my head ex ploded pats daughter cheryl re sponded to her mothers cries roused her father ron and calling an ambulance mrs robinson was rushed to scarborough centenary hospital j after waiting considerable time n emergency pats condition was diagnosed as food poisoning ron was advised to go home however pat wasnt con vinced she was sure it was some thing more serious later another physician was called in a spinal tap was per formed pat was transferred to st michaels hospital for surgery there it was discovered shed suffered a ruptured cerebral aneurysm a serious brain mal function most people with this problem never make it to the operating table pat says i wasoneof the lucky ones it was properly di agnosed it wasnt until three weeks later that the ninth line north stouff- ville resident regained full con sciousness all i wanted was to return home she recalls i didnt real ly care what was wrong with me six weeks later she met with dr allen hudson head neuro surgeon at st mikes i liked him until he sat down she remembers when a doctor sits down you know youre in trouble the news the physician would bring her was that a second opera tion was necessary there was another aneurysm buried in her brain that like thef irst one was a veritable time bomb waiting to explode it took two weeks for the bomb to be defused pat robinson ninth line north stouffville flashes a smile for her new lease on life following major surgery for a double aneurysm i was determined to beat it says mrs robinson and she did 5i arista teomtn rod rsihsnn jim thomas the surgery said to be a piece of cake was indeed serious even more serious than the first the anuerysm was deep a team of surgeons took eight hours to re- move it- she was released seven days later pats period of recovery span ned an entire year most of the time she spent watching televi sion with an occasional walk in the backyard she could do no thing more its only been in the last six months that ive felt like a human being she says a goodnatured upbeat person pat claimsshe now takes time to smell the roses considering her self lucky to be alive when i was released from hos pital i began noticing things id never seen before and doing things i would have never done before she explains appearances are deceiving pat looks great hiding the ordeal shes been through she admits however itll take time for her speech to return to normal and shake a stuttering tendency associated with the malady she still suffers from hypertension and consumes what seems like an endless supply of pills pat attributes her successful recovery in part to a fighting personality i refused to accept the down side i was determined to beat it she says the neighbors were wonderful she notes continually offering assistance and support pats now back at her former position on the staff of the old country inn unionville im only working a few days a week she states after watch ing television for the better part of two years its wonderful to see real people there are days she admits when she finds it impossible to do even routine household chores be cause of lingering fatigue mentally im fine she says you just think you can do certain things that you cant pat smiles at the fact some wellmeaning visitors eye her up and down looking for physical de fects and scars im really quite normal she states im happy she concludes the time bomb inmy head has been defused i hope to live tobea very old lady alsoavlabltar canadian owned and operated bacleultbahahi prices effective in all departments until saturday february 13 1988 only savings indicated are off our own regular prices we reserve the right to limit quantities process cheese food maple leaf slices pkg of 24500 g clover leaf solid white tuna 9 live luxury cat f cut from canada grade a beef chuck cross rib roasts 593 kg fresh from the tropics large size bananas dole chiquita or de monte 84 kg fresh g gh boneless skinless o chicken breasts partly skimmed 2 fresh milk 4 litre bag limit 2 bags per family purchase piping hot bbq whole chicken each regular or sugar free dr pepper or pepsi or 7up 750 ml bottles 24 x 280 ml tins plus 40c each btl deposit unit cost 10 4c per 100 ml unit cost 79c per 100 ml limit 4 cases per family purchase miralite 100 whole wheat or white bread 450 g loaf watch for hundreds of weekly specials in our flyer and instore