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Dialysis at
home saves
patients time
and energy
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE ' '
Dialysis treatment itself can be a long, exhausting process for
those with kidney failure. Traveling to and from a treatment cen
ter several times a week makes treatments even more draining for
patients
Arnold Lewinger has been there and done that,, and doesn't
miss traveling
for his dialysis
treatments no\y
that he gets them
at home, often
after dinner
while in his
recliner watch
ing television.
Piedmont
Dialysis Center
says that more
and more local
people like
Lewinger, 64.
are taking
advantage of the
option .
Lewinger * has
been dealing
with kidney fail
ure for more
than two years
Dialysis acts
as a substitute
for failed kid
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Nurse Devonne Rice stands by one of the ,oxins a,K' extra
at-home dialysis machines. chemicals and
fluids from the
body. At one time, his hemodialysis treatment - which filters a
patient's blood through a machine and is the most common form
of the treatment - required him to visit a treatment center three
times a week. His morning treatments required him to be at the
center at 6 a.m. After the four-hour procedure, he would then often
have to rest for half an hour before he drove home. At home, he
would immediately take a nap. By the time he woke up. his day
was pretty much over. He found it impossible to keep working in
his job as a computer training consultant.
"It was a very physically draining experience for me." said
Lewinger.
He and his wife, Jean, took advantage of the home treatment
training offered by Piedmont Dialysis. The training requires a sec
ond person so that he or she can be with the patient during home
dialysis treatments
Lewinger, like most patients, never thought he would be able
to stick himself with a needle, but the training got him past that.
"The training is so good, they will walk you through all your
fears," said Lewinger.
See Dialy sis on A7
Professor talks about
WFU's bittersweet past
with Afriean- Americans
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE -
Wake Forest University celebrated a landmark 175th anniver
sary with its annual Founders Day Convocation last Thursday. As
Hatch
is the tradition, the school paid homage to
some of its best and brightest students and
faculty members during the ceremony.
This year, special accolades were also
given to the school's past and present
African- American students, faculty and
staffers, who have never been overly abun
dant on the campus of the esteemed private
university.
"(African Americans') contributions
have far outweighed what one might
expect from their small number." said
Provost Jill Tiefenthaler.
But the history professor who gave the
keynote address was quick to point out that not everyone on the
Sec Parent on AI2
Photos by Todd Luck
The Postal Service's Beverly Murphy-Samuels unveils the stamps with NAACP President Jimmy Boyd.
Stamped in time
Local ceremony marks release of stamps that mark NAACP's anniversary
BY TODD LI CK
THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem was
among cities^ across the land
that held ceremonies last week
to mark the U.S. Postal
Service's release of a series of
stamps adorned with images
of icons from the Civil Rights
Movement
The Civil Rights Pioneers
stamps' unveiling coincided
with the 100th anniversary of
the NAACP. The sheet of six
42 cent stamps portrays 12
leaders, two per stamp, who
helped to mold the mission of
the NAACP.
"These twelve people ...
will be forever immortalized
as we go forward in America,"
said Winston-Salem
Postmaster David Barcio. "It's
not very often someone is hon
ored on a stamp m America."
Last Thursday's ceremony
took place at the North Point
Post Office. Singers from
Singers from Macedonia Worship Center perform.
Macedonia Worship Center set
the mood with selections like
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
(The Negro National Anthem),
while local leaders talked
about the importance of fight
WFU Photos
Anthony Parents gives the address last week.
ing on to continue the work
that the 12 leaders and count
less others started.
. "The challenge today, as I
speak, is for us to continue the
legacy of the pioneers," said
Jimmy Boyd, the president of
the Winston-Salem Branch of
the NAACP.
Larry Little, who teaches a
See Stamps on A4
One of Sudan s
'Lost Boys' to visit
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Jacob Atem has literally
been through hell.
Atem, a native of Southern
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suuan. was a cnnu
of six when he stood
on the hillside and
watched his village
bum. He knew that
the civil war that
raged in his native
land had reached his
doorstep. His par
ents were gone,
along with the count
less other neighbors
and friends who had
i fallen victim to the
merciless genocide. nis mc
would never be the same
again.
Over the course of the
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coming months. Atem. and his
older cousin, Michael, who
fled with him to take cover in
the jungle on that fateful day
more than 20 years ago. would
endure unimaginable suffer
ing, yet Atem con
siders them lucky,
because they were
among the few
who lived to tell
the tale.
The Atems
became part of a
group known as the
Lost Boys of
Sudan, a motley
collection of
youngsters who
pressed into the
wilderness to escape me
enslavement and likely death
they would be subjected to if
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