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CLOSE-UP Hairston: Liv By ESTHER WOODS Chronicle Intern . , Imagine lor a moment, il you will, that you are holding a newborn baby in the palm of your hands and suddenly you lose sensations in your hands and control over the infant. The situation would not only prove frightening but almost fatal to the infant as well. This was the case for Vickie Hairston, 12 years ago when she experienced her first stage of lupus erythematosus. Because her husband was nearby at the lime, their infant child was saved. "Just because you fuive a chronic disease doesn't mean that you have to be all teary eves and an^ry because life is just too short." - Vickie Hairston -At 38 years old, Mrs. Hairston suffers from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, a severe form of Lupus Erythematosus. ' . * Lupus Erythematous^ lupus as it is commonly known?is a chronic- inflammatory disease affecting connective tissues. Thorf :irp 1 u/n m??ir\r fnrmc limni' -- cin'iomu' . V ? V ?T?U MIUJV/1 IV/1IIIO VI iupu.1 .IT JIV IIIIVlupus and discoid lupus. The discoid affects only the skin. It may cause raised, scaly skin areas. It is a relatively mild form of the disease. This skin form may also cause irregular bald spots on the scalp. The second type usually more severe, is Systemic Lupus which involves the internal organs and systems of the body. If it is not controlled it can result in damage to vital organs such as kidneys, brain, heart and lungsand,occasionally, may result in death. This form of lupus is usually present for a ~ lifetime. But patients tend to have periods during which the disease seems to disappeared during this period the disease is called "in remission." Area Boy Scout tro< Cub Scouts, Wcbclos, boy scouts arc invite scouts and explorers - from one-of-a-kind c throughout the southeast arc invited a primitive c; to the 12th annual boy scout days Special activitie and encampment at carowinds 11- encampment w acre theme park on Sept. 25-27 and bonfire, leaders Oct. 3-4. . movie under the In its 12th year, this unique scouting event offers your den, During the pack, troop or post a day or week ancj Sunday, scoi end of fun and excitement that they leaders will en will always remember. shows, shops, ga Carolinas' _bes Carowinds boy scout attraction - Care encampment weekend is set for iow prjcc? Sept. 25-27. During this special weekend, For those d< COMMUNIT CALENDAF . 1 THURSDAY AUG. .13 \ The Arts Council will hold Outta the Bag concert* p.m. Blues artist, The Jimmies, will perform, WSJS Sol perform selections from the 50s & 60s on Friday, Aug. porihrm-miKir frnm ihr; 9Q?( ^tQs. & 40s. On Mon. Aug will perform Nostalgia on Tues. Aug. 18 and Ft Jazz/Fusion on Wed. Aug. 19. The community artists series will offer instructions mixed media, painting and sculpture for the entire famil) held at South fork Recreation Center, Brown & Do , Center on Aug. 18 and Rupert Bell Recreation Center or SATURDAY AUG. 15 jJ Soccer demonstrations and TRA demonstrations i Super Saturday for Kids at the Winston-Salem Recreatic event is co-sponsored by the Triad Songwriters and WX SUNDAY AUG. 16 ? Ebony & Ivory of Dallas will hold an audition for at 3 p.m. at Club Alladin, 601 N. Liberty St MONDAY AUG. 17 The Urban Arts Council presents "Evenings in t Wes Golding Surefire and gospel artists, the Performances will begin at 7 p.m at the Lewisville Li The Jimmies will perform Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. at Soutl conceits are free and open to the public. Please see page A10 t 't / Pec ing with lupus Remissions may last from weeks lo years. Mrs. Hairsion savs that when her first staee of, lupus occurred in 1975, she did noi think about u because the summer passed without her having further complications. Two months later, however, she experienced difficulties with her hands again. An accounts receivable and accounts payable clerk at Piedmont Airlines arthc lime, Mrs. Hairston says she Hew to Duke Hospital in September, 1977 and was advised then that she would have to stay for two weeks. "My hands were very touch and hard like alligator skin," said Mrs. Hairston. She said the doctors diagnosed that she had ?scleroderma, which is a gradual swelling or tightening of the skin on the lingers but she laicr learned that die diagnosis was not correct. Mrs. Hairston said that alter she was released from Duke she had to still make trips to the hospital l/\r ?kl\/\llt LMV i/IOltc ^ I\/I UlA/UI , "Each lime I went I would feel so. sicker," Mrs. Hairslon says. "Ai ihe lime they didn't know I had lupus and a lot of moving was I taring u up. Prior lo die beginning ol her' visit lo Duke, Mrs. Hairslon waSTiiking 120 kilograms daily. However,-, her docior took'-hec olT of ihe steroids and she became ill. ' "Having taken a 120 kilograms for six monihs and gelling off ihem suddenly throws ihe body off," she says. "I just felt like somebody had drained all ihe Wood and energy oui of niy body." Mrs. Hairslon was admitted inio Bapiist Hospital for two weeks where ii was ihen diagnosed lhat she had systemic lupus. "When ihev told me that 1 had it I didn't lake it ?""too serious because I didn't know much about it," she says. "I just kept hush-hush about it and just iriqd to explain to people lhat I had arthritis." Mrs. Hairslon was then directed by her physician >ps gear up for spec d to experience a aru* P?sl unable to visit Carowinds amping adventure during the encampment weekend impground setting. (Sept. 25-27) they extended the >s planned for the special boy scou^days discount eckcnd include a ??~~~ HRH Scout Forsyth day on Saturday uts of all ages and HEggflfl Carlton iov all the rides District f joy an tne noes, SCOUTING USA imcs and lun at the -- it ^entertainment?.park admission ticket price an winds, for a special additional weekend to Oct. 3 and 4, The primitive camping area will be in a specially designated :ns, packs, troops area of the Carowinds campground. y SOCIAL NOTES j Beta Alpha of ihc national convention of Iota -Phi Unmbda -Sorority, dncr^was -held July 23-29 in Fresno, Calif, at the Piccadilly University Inn with Gamma Eta as host chapter, i from 12 noon to 1 Members from Beta Alpha id Gold Lunch will Chapter attending were Alice 14, and Spatz will Carter, Daisy Durrah, Trcssic Ellis, . 17, Split Decision Ericstecn Lash, Thelma Small, ynz will perform ~N'1jl'-V ^'heder, Arrie Wright and Virginia Wright. Thelma Barnctt of the Pelati Auxiliary and John Wright of the Lambds Auxiliary : m drawing, fibers, also attended. r. "Hiecwntwill^ The National Convention uglass Recreation lhcmc was ?Womcn committed to 1 u?' Excellence Through Action" TU ~ ? iiic luiiv^fiuuu was acciarea in session on Fri. July 24 with yflfbc held during national president, Billie O'Glover ki Department. The presiding. fl 12. The week-long schedule of meetings, activities and events included eight business sessions, the Soror of the Year dinner, the chapter President's luncheon, the a fall fashion show Business Woman and Woman 'jf luncheon and the Lambds and .. .... . SL Winston Lake Yl^ he Neighborhood i ......... n i jatijrti,,j. ' Craft Brott^K * A "Parent Appreciation Day" urary. mucs arusi, was held June 14 by the Preschool hside Library. The Child care Center at the Winston * Lake Family YMCA. The activity was held to celebrate the dfcpartuurc to * * Tprsrp iple Vickie Hairston and her daughter: I told them if the that one day I can see them in heaven (photo by.Mi ?tonakc-a leaNO from-herPiedmont-Airt ines-job-for-six" weeks to rest. v ~ Mrs. Hairston said she went back to work for about a month but got sick again with a fever. Her lupus had gone through remission. * "Sometimes you just feel great and all of a sudden something just flares it up," says Mrs. Hairston, who was out of work for about 12 weeks. "This went on for .about a month. I would work a couple of months and be out again." When she went back to her Piedmont job her supervisor told her ihat he wanted to put her back on the spit shift that she had worked before getting a promotion. The spit shift hours were from 5:30 -9:30 a.m. and in the afternoon from 5:30-8 p.m. "I told my supervisor that I could handle a full lime job but he told me to either take that or quit," she ial Carowinds trip an ? Scouts?may ?camp?in?the? camp in thc_cnc, encampment area only on Friday of charge. Whe and Saturday nights (Sept. 25 and not be permitted. ?26). The primitiv^camping area ??? ??? ~~ Carowinds \ I jons, drinking main .17^ services and 24-h County i y. I Each den, p Prnmn -c i?e'cu't'ive ^Y' M\ "is responsible fo Wm ' w I camping gear, : water jugs. Ope ?will not be available on Oct. 3 and not be permitt > Make-plans now Encampment registration join in the fun begins at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25. ticket order fr< Only scout troops in tents may from the council Chapter attends recer Local residents attending the recent lota Phi Lamb Lash, Arrie Wright, Virginia Wright, Thelma Small, I Pclati Auxiliaries Dinner. fellowship bar A bus tour to Yosemite chapter was th National Park was taken on Tucs. highest numb July 28. president, Alice The culmination of the >Southcrn Rcgi convention was an awards and most outstandin */ICA honors grads, parents kindergarten of six children and to their storytimcs. recognize the efforts of their The older c parcnts.The program featured the the lead teacher children enrolled in the center. The presented several younger children, taught by Trina Graduating Blackmon, sang song titles from Kristcn Dobbins # / 'v *k-. . _. .. ^KSM: 1^. ml Hk J9 H < ? m Lord takes me on, they must live a Christian life so ke Cunningham). ?said* ' ... _"; . fc I MrsrHairston said she decided to quit?the?job and that was the last job she ever had. " It's kind of frightening to know that you have something and no one understands what you have," she said. "I knew that I was a company risk but I just never told my supervisor that I had lupus because I was scared that he would fire me." Since she contracted the disease, Mrs. Hairston says that employment has been difficult to find. "1 have been turned down from so many jobs because I have lupus," she says. "My doctor told me not to say that I had Lupus on job applications but rather say thai I have an aitliiilic problem." Mrs. Hairston said that she became excited in Please see Page A 12 id other activities ampmcnt area lrce Scout Trivia questions will be eled vehicles will included in this article weekly. The | winner will receive a prize from l the Scout office. Contact Carlton m provide porta- Crump at 723-5506, with your water, first aid answer iour security. During breaks on a long hike, lacV, troop or post way for a gcoul t0 rcst ls >r bringing its own stoves, grills and A. Flat on his back on the n wood fires will ground cd. Don't delay! B. On the ground with his legs for your scouts to raised * by picking up the C. On the ground with his Dm to Carowinds back raised office. D. Leaning on an object it national convention * " rtv f II-I n<n i" I .?* ?' lir ^ " i HflE [oijr* &>& .! m / jfl # jM H M iJi";.:ll, 'HHP-yfiB -MUHHIHHHfti ' /WwmKnm da convention, from left, were Tressie Ellis, Ericsteen Mary Wheeler and , seated, Alice Carter. iquet. Beta Alpha Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, le recipient of the inc. was founded June 1, 1929 er of awards. Its in Chicago, 111 by the late Carter, received the Lolaa Mercedes Parker for on s award as the women in business and related g president. fields> O 4 ^ tr\ r\ v ^ I 4 I ^ m * *. * ^ ? - ? ? - > ai appi cuidiiun pruyrcirn Tommoris Ellis, Tiffany Dunlap, hildrcn, taught by Lcarmond Hayes and Edward , Barbara Harriett, Brown, Jr. 1 titles, e Comments and words of praise ; seniors were were presented by Mrs. Harriet and , Jarrctt Crompton, Satia Orange.
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