European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes monday january 1986 january e Isoo artificial heart patient breathing on her own Minneapolis up Mary Lund the first female artificial heart pal enl has been weaned from a Respirator and now breathing Well without ii. Dolmat Abbott Northwestern Hospital said saturday. Lund 40, is awake Alcuri and talking with family members and staff said or. Murk Printer a spokesman for the Minneapolis heart Institute. Her breathing tube was removed Friday he said Doc tors have upgraded her survival chances to better than 50 50, although she remained in stable but critical condition. Lund s kidney function has not returned and she still has a Low number of platelets in her bloodstream Prinz Lucr said. Pm tests assist in inc blood cloning process tack of them could be critical if she began to bleed inter Yund received a mini Jarvik 7 artificial heart dec. 18 until it human heart could be transplanted Aad she was in a Light coma until thursday. Doctors reported Ait Lial time that she was Able to sit with askance on the Side of tier bed Anit move her hands and  s improvement this week gave her relatives new Hope he family minister said  she did Wake up in really lifted Victr spirits and yet they Are still cautious said the Rev. Frederick Buth of Zion lutheran Church in Hoffman Minn. They Are hopeful. They feel it s Goinik in the Nghil direct. Stir sounds Al lot belter than it did a week ago. Husband dust sync said his met recognized l $4,000 so far in a fund ii has setup. Hospital officials said the family i 1 not have to pay nov ofte medical expenses. But there s Fiolo be n lot of Den costs involved with the surgery an j the recovery but i said. Colombian Volcano again spews Ash prompting evacuation of thousands Bogota Colombia a the Nevada Del Ruiz Volcano trembled again Sun Day and blocks of ice drifted Down Rivers encircling the Armero Valley prompting the government to keep a slate of Maxi mum Alert for fear of another disaster. Thousands of people mostly Farmers spent inc night on higher ground huddled in Mountain caves As torrential Rains poured Down the Valley s slopes. The government ordered settlers to evac uate saturday after the Snow capped Volca no rained sul uric Ash at Dawn Tor the first Linw note a devastating nov. 13 eruption buried the town of Armero under mud and destroyed 13 villages. That eruption melted part of the Volca no s com of ice and Snow sending a 150 foot High Wall of mud Down the Lagunilla River. Mud and Debril destroyed Armero once a prosperous Coffee growing town the area a about 100 Miles Northwest of the capital of Bogota. About 23,000 of Armero s 26,000 residents were killed or were listed As missing and 2,000 people died in Chinchiva 22 Miles West of the 17,700-foot High andean Volcano. On saturday police using sirens roused about 15,000 peasants from ii River valleys and gave them blankets and food for their trek to higher ground. Red Cross director Ramiro Lozano Neira said the state of maximum Alert is a preventive measure that keeps motorists away from the affected zone to enable speedy evacuation in the even of an eruption. He said hospitals and the red Cross were on standby and residents were urged to keep tuned to the radio. The evacuation order affects residents of Low tying areas along the Riccio Gualin Azul Rado Lagunilla and Chinchiva Rivers. Towns affected included Mariquita Honda Guya Bel Villamaria and amb Alumit. The area lies in a 30-mile radius around Nevado