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"Collegestudetj kids because thej-ta my A&M students wj schoolers, thiswouldit student tigone ite to a radical studer; It to understand >berto is warm and sel ler’s boyfriend, who# id zest for Greek liten ng as Harper’s. >f “Another Antigone' ovoking and will lent discussion as they fat director Troy Herbon excellent job with cal Proboscis by Paul Irwin tinghouse's scene de irkable fusion between d eck and the contem- i also mirrors the i Harper and Mi- takes place in a cn® sical Greek forum fin- iffee maker and Hang er briefcase. Futurism in to smooth over lit m scene to scene ntigone” continues^ irday at 8 p.m.Tideii idents and senior rin- 'or the general pui ble at Rudder Box Ol- :e dog dip a dip costs $6. Dog ring their own tow- nust be on leashes abies vaccination is rest Tick htavckT] Dallas girl goes back to school after having 8th brain operation DALLAS (AP) — Petrea Hayes went back to school Tuesday for the first time in nearly four months. And although the grin was the same as before, and her eyes were bright and darting, her teachers and friends could tell something was different. Something wasn’t right. She still wore her favorite straw hat, one that hides a network of scars left by surgeons who, over the past eight years, took turns attacking the spot in her brain where a malignant tumor sat like a time bomb. Eight times now, they have cut into her brain. And she still walked with a limp, of course, because a stroke several years ago had paralyzed her right side. But she talked less and moved about more tentatively now, after the latest round of medical assaults that kept her hospitalized for almost three months. And she said she was a little afraid of being run over by the mobs of students packing the halls at Highland Park High School. Never in her 16 years had she ever been afraid of anything. Even death. Doctors have pointed out that undergoing three ma jor brain operations and several related surgical proce dures within a 30-day period, as Petrea has just done, can do strange, unexplainable things to anyone. And though she has become something of an expert patient who has defied the odds of survival, Petrea is no excep tion. Shes more shy, and she’s a little slower,” Kathy •a!, ner ’ t ^ le n i n th-grader’s special-education teacher, She says the computer keyboard looks blurred.” She then smiled a big smile and added, “But she’s such a neat, neat little girl. We’re all so happy she’s back.” Indeed, her mother, whose name also is Petrea, points out, “We’re just thankful she’s still with us.” After all, eight years ago, surgeons in California, who Performed the first five brain operations, at one point Save up hope. She had neurofibromatosis, a genetic dis order that causes fibrous tumors to form along the ner vous system. In most cases, the tumors are benign. But etrea s was malignant. When efforts to remove the tu- mor failed, doctors gave their prognosis: She would live no more than 90 days. Today she is known as the family miracle, he shrugs off the distinction. “I just want to be reared like everyone else,” she has said. Un Monday, for instance, she joined her classmates °ra trip to the Rameses the Great exhibit at Fair Park. “I asked her if she would like to have a wheelchair alongjust in case, and she said no,” Kelchner said. “We found out we were going to have to park a couple of blocks from the exhibit and walk, and the bus driver said he could let the two of us off closer to the door if she’d like. But she said no, she wanted to do what the other kids were doing.” And she did, too, completing the day without a wheelchair. Petrea has been surprising people in Dallas for two years, since she and her mother moved here from Cali fornia and she enrolled at Highland Park’s McCullough Middle School. In the eighth grade, she ran for vice president of her class. And although she was defeated, her classmates elected her to the Student Council. At a walkathon last summer, her paralyzed right leg in a brace, she made five laps around the quarter-mile course. This year, her first in high school, was interrupted in a frightening way. The time bomb apparently was still ticking. On New Year’s Day, she was diagnosed as having meningitis, an inflammation of the brain. Subsequent tests revealed a disturbing growth on the left side of her brain — the site of the tumor. Surgeons at Humana Hospital Medical City Dallas performed three opera tions, the longest lasting seven hours. “We removed an abscess about like that,” said Dr. Kenneth Shapiro, his hands illustrating a mass the size of a grapefruit. “If we hadn’t operated, she probably would have died.” Since being released from the hospital last month, Petrea has been receiving physical, occupational and speech therapy daily at home. She’s more tentative now than she was four months ago, her mother says, and sometimes she struggles for words that used to come easily. Her recovery has been psychologically painful, if not physically so. But whatever additional brain damage she might have suffered during these past few months, there was good news, too. Surgeons said the tumor had disap peared. “What happened to it?” Petrea’s mother asked. At least this time, Dr. Derek Bruce, one of the sur geons, found it easy to admit he didn’t know. “Who cares?” he said. “It’s gone.” yW Acnou' Him mm ADS Advertise an item ^ in the Battalion. I I ! Call 845-2611 Ignoring Sexual Harassment does not make it go away. Tell someone and ask for help. QP For more information about Sexual Harassment, call 845-5826 An Invitation to Luxury... The Jewelry Express Card NAIIONAI JlWtltRS CRtOil ASSOOAliON.UO 000 □□□ 000 ^ S J SMITH BANK = ONE The Jewelry Express Card...Sheer Brilliance! 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