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Immune-deficient toddler
goes home after operation
United Press International
HOUSTON — An 11-month-
old boy whose body lacked an im
mune system and was facing im
minent death before undergoing
a bone marrow transplant earlier
this year left the hospital Monday
with doctors optimistic of a com
plete recovery.
Terrance Allen “T.J.” Davis Jr.
was released from Texas Chil
dren’s Hospital Monday af
ternoon. He was admitted to the
hospital in February “on death’s
door,” Dr. William T. Shearer
said, and underwent a bone mar
row transplant to treat his Severe
Combined Immune Deficiency, a
disorder which prevented his
body from fighting disease.
“T.J. will have to remain in
doors for a few months, but he
will not be isolated in his house.
We naturally don’t want him un
necessarily exposed to infection
but if we did not think he was out
of the woods, we wouldn’t be let
ting him go home,” said Shearer,
T.J.’s primary physician.
Shearer appeared at a news
conference with T.J.’s parents,
Terry and Linda Davis.
Marrow was removed Davis’
hip, treated to remove harmful
cells and transplanted into T.J.
Without the surgery last Feb
ruary, T.J. would likely have died
within two weeks. Shearer said.
A similar process was used last
fall in attempt to free “bubble
boy” David from the sterile isolat
ors he had lived in since a few
minutes old. David, 12, died in
February a few weeks after doc
tors had to remove him from the
isolator to treat an infection.
Shearer said that tests show
that the disease-fighting blood
cells from Davis’ marrow are now
spreading through T.J.’s system.
The life-threatening infection
that was around the boy’s eye and
in his jaw when he was admitted
has cleared.
“Almost all the antibiotics he
was on have been discontinued,”
Shearer said.
The most positive proof of
T.J.’s recovery was a bout of an
intestinal virus he suffered a few
weeks ago which his body success
fully combated.
The Davis’, formerly of Cald
well, Idaho, have moved to Hous
ton to be near the physicians who
will continue to moniter T.J.’s
progress weekly. Shearer said it
would take about two years of
regular check-ups before T.J.
could be declared cured of the
disease.
“We have cautious optimism
for the future,” he said. “There
remains some risk of rejection to
the transplant by T.J.’s body. But
we feel very good about the pro
gress he is making.”
T.J. will also have to have some
plastic surgery at some point later
to repair damage to his jaw
caused by the infection.
While she remains nervous in
fection could still attack her son,
Mrs. Davis said she was looking
forward to putting her family to
gether again.
“I’m just glad he’s gelling out
of the hospital and can come
home. It’s been a long time,” she
said.
“We’re grateful for everything
everyone has done for T.J.,” Da
vis said. “We’re very excited. In
stead of seeing our son deterio
rate, he is getting better and
better.”
Experts offer ideas
to ‘summerize’ utilities
By RENEE HARRELL
Reporter
If your summer utility bills are
skyrocketing, then you’ll be inter
ested in some of the money saving
ideas available from the Public Utili
ties Commission and the local mu
nicipal utilities.
The Public Utilities Commission is
sponsoring a state-wide public serv
ice campaign called Texas Tune-Up.
The 90-clay campaign, which kicked
off this month, will help increase
consumer awareness of cost-saving
techniques.
“Texas Tune-Up will help con
sumers control energy costs by con
trolling energy use,” Jane Anae-
jionu, a spokesman for the Public
Utilities Commission, says.
A toll-free hotline to the Center
for Energy and General Resources
at Texas A&M can be called by any
one in Texas. Call 1-800-643-SAVE
for general tips on how to conserve
electricity and save money. Pamph
lets on energy conservation also are
available upon request.
“When people call in we tell them
ways to reduce air conditioning
costs,” Nancy Hawkins, extension in
structor for the Energy Resources
Public Service Program, says. “We
tell them to make sure it (the air con
ditioner) is working properly and to
check the compressor regularly. We
also try to answer any questions they
have.”
Hawkins says they haven’t had
many calls because Texas Tune-Up
is just beginning.
Bryan and College Station utility
departments also are giving out
“summerizing” tips for consumers.
Pamphlets such as “How to Con
serve Energy at Home” and “Cool
ing Your Home” are available from
Amy Godfrey, Bryan’s citizen infor
mation coordinator.
“Keeping your air conditioner on
78 is good,” Godfrey says. “Also, if
you have any warm activities such as
laundry, baking or ironing, do them
in the early morning hours.”
Godfrey says statement sniffers
with more conservation tips also will
be coming out in this month’s bills.
College Station’s energy specialist,
Valerie Bauer, also has energy con
servation brochures and money-sav
ing tips.
Bauer says it costs about $1.68 to
run a 3000 watt air conditioner for
eight hours and only 5.6 cents to run
a 100 watt fan for the same length of
time.
“We are also offering free home
energy audits for single family
dwellings this summer,” Bauer says.
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