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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 14, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 heart liver recipient thankful for Valentine s Day Pittsburgh a every Day but especially on Valentine s Day Stormie Jones quietly gives thanks forthe historic transplant operation five years ago that gave her a new health heart and liver and a new healthy life. I just think of How Lucky i was be cause i survived the heart and liver transplant that nobody Ever had Stormie said. I think about How Lucky i am to have a lot of friends that really truly mean a lot to  the first recipient of a heart live transplant and the Only one to sur Vive has Learned to adjust since Doc tors saved her life feb. 14, 1984. I leave All the bad things in the Backof my head and i keep All the Good things in front of my head the 11-year-old explained matter of factly. So i Don t have to worry about what going to happen later on. It s easy. All you have to do is . Some Days you might feel a Little bit bad. But you try to think about Good  Good things include playing Basket Ball and climbing Trees at Home in White settlement Texas. Bad things Are returning to children s Hospital of Pittsburgh because of complications and seeing other sick youngsters die. When Stormie and her sister misty were smaller they would pretend things would go away and things would get better said their Mother Lois Pur cell. Misty said we re older now mom and we just can t do that " Purcell 32, tries to think goo thoughts but it s not easy. I worry a lot As she gets older she gets More risky at playing. Of course there s supposed to be no con tact sports for these kids anyway. Well Stormie is so Normal it s just kind of hard to keep tabs on  Purcell also lives with the nagging knowledge that Stormie s immune sys tem at any time could reject her trans planted heart and liver. Those fears intensified recently when Stormi developed liver problems that required her to return to children s Hospital twice in three months. I was really shocked by the whole ordeal because she had done so Well. We thought we had it made that Noth ing could go wrong  misty 14, took the news particularly hard. Like Stormie she suffers from a cholesterol problem but it s treatable by diet. During Stormie s monthlong hospitalization in november surgeons re moved a bile duct obstruction. She Yasback in january for a week because of elevated enzyme Levels that interfere with her anti rejection medication. They re not tremendously serious but they re quite stressful probably for every one said or. Thomas e. Starzl who per formed the transplant. She does t need another transplant. She s  Stormie was dying when Starzl decided in january 1984 that her Only Hope would be a heart liver  suffered from a rare congenital Dis ease that increased the cholesterol inner blood to nearly 10 times Normal. Because of the imbalance caused by faulty liver she had suffered two heart attacks and had undergone two triple coronary bypasses and a heart valve re placement. The 16-hour transplant instantly improved Stormie s chances for life. Her dramatic Progress paved the Way for two More heart liver transplants during the next year in Pittsburgh but Bot patients died within a few Days of sur Gery. She s proud of the fact that she made medical history Purcell said. Before she would t show anybody her scar. But now she s not shy about  12,000 Iran exiles hear son of Shah Call for Unity by the los Angeles times los Angeles saying he has seen the spark Ofa new Awakening among iranians living in exile Reza Pahlavi ii the Man who would be King of Iran called sunday for Unity among political factions seeking to depose Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s regime. This is no time for divisive labels monarchist or Republican left or right the 28-year-old eldest son of the late Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi told a wildly cheering crowd of about 12,000 at the los Angeles memorial sports Arena. The audience members of the largest iranian Community outside Iran was on its feet dozens of times waving Green White and red iranian flags and shout ing Javid Shah or Long live the Shah Pahlavi heir to Iran s Peacock throne but the ruler Ono country stepped up his Campaign for democracy in his Homeland by calling upon intellectuals Young people professionals political leaders and personalities inside and outside the country to encourage cooperation while respecting diversity of tastes and  speaking in Farsi he characterized Khomeini As despot whose regime has spilled the blood of hundreds of thousands of iranians caused the wholesale destruction of the country engaged in War and then snatched defeat from the jaws of Victory and reduced Iran s prestige in the world to  several times the crowd spontaneously chanted Marg bar Khomeini death to Khomeini " As Pahlavi spoke on the 10th anniversary of Khomeini s Assumption of Power. This is not a Day for Celebration nor is it a Day of mourning Pahlavi said. This is a Day to Honor the Reza Pahlavi ii acknowledges cheers from the crowd gathered on the 10th anniversary of his late father s overthrow. With him is his wife Yasmin. Memory of All our compatriots who lost their lives inward in prisons and in the torture Chambers of this Bloodthirsty  before the speech the crowd had been whipped into nationalistic Fervour in a Pep rally atmosphere with speakers leading such chants As Iran Iran stay  Khomeini to  Security was tight with authorities insisting that attendees go through Metal detectors. About 100 uni formed los Angeles police officers aided by Federal agents were at the Arena in addition to private Security guards. Inside Farsi language banners calling for Khomeini s overthrow were Hung from railings along aisles and on seats. Among them was one that read our goal is to unite and overthrow the regime of blood and terror in  speech organizers trumpeted the event s significance by pointing out that tapes of it would be re played clandestinely inside Iran. In recent months Pahlavi who proclaimed himself Shah after his father died in 1980, has picked up the Pace of his political activity by giving speeches in Europe and the United states extolling the Virtues of democracy. If the islamic fundamentalists who Rule Iran Are overthrown a constitutional monarchy under a demo cratic form of government would be an option that Pahlavi would personally Welcome those close to him say. He said he favors following the example set by Spain s King Juan Carlos i who became a constitutional Monarch after Francisco Franco died in 1975. Car thief victim Bushes welcomed As old friends at Kennebunkport Church services lust wants card Milwaukee up Dominic Marak does t care if he recovers his Sto Len 1979 Pontiac. He just wants his base Ball cards Back. Marak 23, who runs a collector s shop called the West Bank said his car was stolen Early saturday and with it 30,000baseball cards. He said the collection includes Hall of Fame cards from the1950s and 1960s and some rare tobacco company cards from 1909. I could care less about the car. Those Are easy to replace said Marak who said he has been collecting cards since1975, when he was in the fourth Grade. He said he had the cards in his Pon Tiac sunbird because he was on the Way to a weekend show in Indianapolis. He said he was warming the car up in front of his apartment and went Back into his apartment to get something. When he returned his car and card were gone. It was mostly All of our valuable Stock. All i be got left Are the easier to find cards. It stinks he said. Marak said he has been calling dealer she knows to explain the theft and asking them to watch for some of the cards. Kennebunkport Maine a president Bush wrapping up a weekend visit to his Seaside Retreat worship sunday in a country Church where he and his wife Barbara were welcomed As our old  the Bushes joined about 60 other worshippers for regular morning services at Kennebunkport s first congregational Church. Although they Are Episcopalian the Bushes often attend the tiny White clap Board Church on the outskirts of this Southern Maine seacoast Village. The Rev. Robert Howes stepped Dow from his pulpit to personally address the Bushes who were seated in a front Row Pew. Or. President and our first lady bar Bara. You know i am sure How warmly we Welcome you How much it Means Tous to have you a member of our Congre  he voiced Confidence in your wis Dom and integrity and added this is the Only time i will address you formally. You Are George and bar Bara our old friends. And we Are glad that you Are Home with  As he left the Church Bush shouted greeting to a group of youths sitting on a Fence and Shook hands with Fello churchgoers. He also told reporters he was completely Over a cold that had dogged him for two weeks. After the service Bush invited group of scholars on  relations to his vacation Home to join him and foreign policy aides for wide ranging talks. White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water said the two hour open ended session was not designed to focus on an particular facet of East West relations. The president is always interested i hearing diverse views on Public policy issues Fitzwater said. It was just a intellectual  neither Bush nor members of the group were available to speak to report ers after the session. Bush has delayed . Participation inthe next scheduled round of arms control talks with the soviets pending what he has said will be a thorough review of .-soviet relations. Fitzwater said that Bush invited the scholars most of them from the Region on Short notice. Among those invited were two har Vard professors Adam b. Ulam professor of russian history and Marshall , associate director of har Vard s russian research Center. With Bush were National Security adviser Brent scowcroft and Lawrence s. Eagleburger Deputy Secretary of state designate. Aides said the Bushes spent much of the weekend unpacking boxes of person Al belongings. Bush was to return to Washington on monday with a breakfast speech to a business group in Manchester n.h.,along the Way  
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