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stux macs return a miracle on stuart st bobby darins 1960s classic mack the knife never sounded as good as it did sunday morning on stuart street stouf- fville that was the tune played as 50somc odd neighbors came out to welcome 10- yearold mac ofarrell who rode home with his family in a limousine after a threemonth ordeal which seemed certain to take his life at one dark point macs life and the lives of his family were turned upside down for the first time five years ago when the youngster was diag nosed with leukemia he underwent three gruelling years of chemotherapy then after a sixmonth remission period suffered a relapse doc tors prescribed another three years of chemo he had just completed the first two years this march when he developed a fever within a week the fever had wors ened macs breathing had become labored he became jaundiced and his organs began to fail he was transferred to the hospital for sick children where he was put on oxy gen and drugs to assist his breathing a week later mac had a seizure and doctors chose to induce a coma to help the situa tion macs organs started to shut down and he was given a fivepercent chance of survival after twoandahalf weeks he sudden ly awakened the doctors still dont know how over the next fiveandahalf weeks in the pediatric intensive care unit mac endured three seizures and a pair of car diac arrests he then began to come around slowly at first then gradually from where live bruce stapley picking up steam brain scans revealed that surprisingly there had been no dam age meanwhile doctors dont know whether to attribute the threemonth episode to the leukemia or to a weakening of the immune system brought on by chemotherapy but for macs family the immediate cri sis has been averted his mother cathy said the family has been awestruck by the unending support shown by friends and family for cathy and her husband rod the 24- hour hospital vigils are a memory cathy told me she is taking delight in the simple things in life again like doing laundry in midmorning rather than at midnight after returning home drained from another 18- hour shift at the hospital as for what lies ahead for mac a grade five student at summilview public school cathy said there is no way of knowing for sure she has had to wrestle with the questions posed by all parents in her situation as to how a child could have to endure so much but for today at least she is reveling in what she calls a miraculous recovery after what appeared to the end of the road for her courageous young son tot unionville canada day festival celebrate canadas birthday the old fashioned way in unionville on july 1 from 1100 am to 500 pm on main st main street will be closed from 900 am to 600 pm and for the first time at the kathleen gormley mckay art centre and fred varley studio strawberry shortcake wine strawberry daquiris bouncing rides straw playground for the kids face painting winstonettes gymnastics demonstration activity unionville tennis clubs mini tennis rotary clubs picnic luncheon state farm insurance bike rodeo kids bring your bike live music and much more flag raising ceremony with mayor don cousens at 130 pm at the veterans hall stores open for your shopping delight y proceeds from t1ie strawberry festival shared with ap thf kathlfkn cormlf v mckay art cfntiif sronsored by the unionville business association if weekender june 24 1995 p 13 deal lopally for fast service service special if your air conditioner is not working to its maximum efficiency clip thiscoupon and save 1000 present this ad upon completion of service residential only expires august 3095 air conditioning sale save 150 before june 3095 m bruont tlm0nwu heating air conditioning ltd authorized consumers gas dealer 4791290 l sales service installations on call 24 hrs including all weekends this summer r village nissans u event lease or buy 288 1995 altima gxe a dual air bags mth air conditioning power locks power windows amfm cassette esa v nissan 4600 hwy 7 at kennedy rd bypass markham 4773337 tor lease 3600 down payment or tr tide in required frt pdi lie first mth payment all taw extra 48000 km limit for finance eg 10000 financed for 24 mth at 34 cob 40064 also 58 mailable over 36 49 mth