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Friday, February 10, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 3 'tense testimony begins Hones’ friend takes stand feel, United Press International iGEORGETOWN — A for mer roommate of murder de fendant Genene Jones testi fied Thursday that the two of them researched the uses and effects of a deadly muscle re laxant before they moved to Iferrville, where Jones is ac cused of killing a young pa tient with an injection. ■The first day of defense Alimony in Jones’ trial for the death of 15-month-old Chelsea McGlellan focused on licensed vocational nurse Hjbbie Sultenfuss, who de- ■ribed herself as a very close friend of Jones. ■ Sultenfuss, testifying un der cross-examination, said while the two nurses worked together in San Antonio they investigated the effects of Rccinylcholine. She said they learned it ould stop a person’s breath ing and would disappear from the body without a trace within a few hours. Toxicological tests devel- iped in 1982 in Sweden, however, found traces of suc- cinylcholine in Chelsea’s ex humed body. Jones is accused of killing Chelsea with an injection of the drug. She also is accused of injuring six other children with similar drug injections and will be tried on those charges later. All those other children survived their initial emergencies, although one baby died seven weeks later. Sultenfuss’ testimony about an incident involving one of the other children at pediatrician Kathleen Hol land’s Kerrville clinic, where Jones worked for five weeks in 1982, differed from that given by Holland, who was the prosecution’s key witness against Jones. Sultenfuss said 21-month- old Misty Reichenau was hav ing breathing problems and seizures before Jones started an intravenous line. Holland had testified that Jones in serted the IV shortly before Misty’s breathing stopped. Sultenfuss, who happened to be visiting the office while Misty was being treated, said Holland asked her to prepare an injection of succinylcho- line to relax Misty’s throat muscles so a breathing tube could be inserted. Holland had testified it was Jones who suggested the drug be used. Sultenfuss said she never filled the syringe with the drug because Holland and Jones disagreed about the proper dosage. She also said both Holland and Jones told her a pediatric intensive care unit was being planned for Kerrville’s small Sid Peterson Hospital. Ad ministrators at the hospital earlier testified no such unit ever was planned or consid ered. Prosecutors, who called 44 witnesses before resting their case Tuesday, contended Jones caused emergencies in several children to show a need for a pediatric ICU at the hospital. Also in testimony Thurs day, an emergency medical technician who was with Jones and Chelsea in the am bulance where the baby died testified he never saw the nurse give Chelsea an injec tion. Chelsea stopped breathing and suffered a seizure mo ments after Jones injected her with what she said were routine immunizations at the clinic. The baby appeared sta ble in a Kerrville emergency room, but suffered a fatal res piratory and cardiac arrest on an ambulance en route to a San Antonio hospital. Previous medical witnesses testified Chelsea probably was given a second injection of succinylcholine on the am bulance, but ambulance at tendant Tommy James said Thursday he never saw Jones give the baby an injection. “An injection takes a certain amount of time and I cannot visualize my being away from the pa tient for a long enough time for this to take place.” Soviet Union claims U S. is waging war in Beirut ^Bubble boy David shows signs of improvement ns ed striali | United Press International JUSTON — David showed of overcoming flu-like ptoms Thursday, but even ugh he has left his lifelong tective “bubble” forever he faced a hospital wait to see assoc|Bh' s immune deficiency was cured enough to begin a normal life ■toctors restricted David, 12, rainst iwlfc hed in a special sterile hos- is andk§F roo,n across the hall from ■ j ■ room housing one of the ^ \W plastic bags in which he ' 11111 las lived. He was removed from Ir. Mdfcl| germ-free environment h honiosaBesday to better treat de- specifit hydration resulting from vomit- urred diarrhea and lever. I dseAi ' s muc h improved. His , , symptoms are not completely ’ eie ' £ gone but they are lessened,” tality is aid B a y| 0 r College of Medicine notvthfijipokeswoman Claire Bassett. ■The cause of the upset stom- Ich has not been determined, ioly fc jhe said. nd woratfl David’s symptoms were simi- ignoracttW t° those sometimes found in j n pnsplant recipients, but doc- i ors said they did not know if J 011 ' he ailment was related to Da- ity Clw (id's marrow transplant astOct. 21. David, whose last name is ipt secret to protect his pri vacy, was injected with 2 ounces ofcellsfrom his 15-year-old sis- iter Katherine’s bone marrow in ajisky experimental attempt to lercome congenital Severe Bnnbined Immune Deficiency. - David is the longest living ontex® SC1D patient. it the fc [ Doctors hoped his sister's [fieall® llh would migrate through ee k’ s lent |avid’s blood to his bones and pluse normal production of dis- f lase-fighting blood cells, some- T. , hing he had in only minute BiWe^fmounts October, t least anyli® ;ceptt fl vhati®! week th a desert* Name® ie clai® 1 ;hea«' crag 3 )' “He is much im proved. His symptoms are not completely gone but they are less ened. ” Doctors will not say if David’s body has produced any of the needed cells, but they maintain they are optimistic he will, de spite this setback. A common cold can kill someone with David’s defect, so from five seconds after birth he has been kept in plastic com partments in Texas Children’s Hospital and in his home. He was transported between them in a special van. Bassett said David cannot leave the hospital room until he is cured. David will not return to any of his “bubbles” because now that he has breathed untreated air the effect of the air-tight iso lation chambers is lost, Bassett said. Although David suffers the life-threatening immunological defect, he never became ill until after the introduction of his sis ter’s cells. His mother, who kissed him Tuesday for the first time with out plastic between them, issued a statement saying “To touch our son for the first time was overwhelming. We are elated and very optimistic.” The parents said they con curred in the decision to move David from the “bubble.” Buy 3, get 1 FREE Every Sunday! You get a free foot-long sub when you buy three at the regular price! 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