ANEURYSM from Pg 1
That was especially hard for the avid horse
rider.
“I’m 68,” she said. “I still want to get in a few
good years of riding.”
Kayan assured her that everything would be
okay.
“I really felt confi dent he knew what he was
doing,” she said. “I trusted him.”
Kayan was confi dent, too.
“We were part of the trial to get FDA approv-
al,” Kayan said. “Eight cases were done at Abbott
as part of the trial back in 2014 and 2015. There
were multiple center nationwide trials that in-
volved 150 patients . . . I had experience with the
device with that trial.”
Kayan noted that European surgeons had been
using the device for years.
One of the benefi ts of it is that the surgeon can
customize it to the size of the aneurysm.
“It hugs the walls of the aneurysm,” Kayan
said. “You can be much more certain it will stay
in place. You plug up the aneurysm while keep-
ing the branches open.”
Other benefi ts of the WEB procedure are that
it takes a fraction of the time to complete and
recovery time is quicker.
“I recovered from the second faster than the
fi rst,” Skoog-Edholm said. “It took a shorter
amount of time. It was only 26 minutes. The oth-
er was 3.5 hours.”
“With coiling, you have to pass many coils to
fi ll one space,” Kayan said. “This is one and done.
With coiling, you may have to use additional de-
vices like a stent to keep the coils in the aneu-
rysm. This is much more streamlined.”
The WEB device has changed the game when
it comes to treating aneurysms.
“The main message is that this device gives us
the ability to expand the toolkit we have to treat
aneurysms,” Kayan said. “It enables us to treat an-
eurysms that were previously much higher risk to
treat and allows us to treat them more safely and
quickly. There is less risk of stroke and bleeding
in the brain, it’s a quicker procedure, and it en-
ables us to treat a broader spectrum of aneurysms
from inside the blood vessels.”
The main message for Skoog-Edholm is that
she is alive.
“It would have been fatal,” she said. “I’m very,
very lucky.”
Trail highlighting the past is
planned for the future
GABE LICHT
Editor
For 22 years, Debbie DeBeer has had a vision
of a Delano Heritage Trail featuring the history
of the city.
This year, it is beginning to come to fruition.
Nine people attended an organizational meeting
in May, and a second meeting took place Monday,
June 10, at The 221 Common House, located at 2
“It’s going to take people who have a passion for
history, particularly Delano history, even if you
don’t live in Delano,” DeBeer said.
Her interest in the history of Delano began when
she moved to the community in 1997.
“When I moved here, they were talking about
historic Delano,” DeBeer said. “What is the his-
tory?”
Not only did she want to learn the history, but
she wanted to showcase it. One way to do so would
be a heritage trail, similar to a trail she was famil-
iar with during her time living in Singapore.
She is a member of the Delano Franklin Town-
ship Area Historical Society, and previously
served on a local historic preservation committee,
helping her get more familiar with the town’s his-
tory.
“I’ve heard all sorts of wonderful stories, but
they’re not written down,” DeBeer said. “I have
a science background. I’m not going to write the
stories, but I love the stories . . . We need a lot of
people to make this happen.”
One of the people who has shown interest is
Yvonne Lazaretti.
“She, at Old-Fashioned Christ-
mas, talked to Sarah Hellmich
and said, ‘Can we do a map of
the downtown area like they have
in Jordan?’” DeBeer said. “I’ve
seen it in various places. We go to
little towns, that’s the fi rst thing I
do is see if they have a walking
tour or signage that tells about the
town.”
Theresa Jacobs, of the Delano
Public Library, also came forward
with the idea of hosting a historic
walk in September.
DeBeer’s vision is to have a trail
of sorts so “people can access
signage at the different buildings This postcard shows a historic look at River Street south of the bridge. A lo-
and sites that have perhaps a little cal group is working to showcase such history with a “Heritage Trail.”
PHOTO FROM THE COLLECTION OF BILL EPPLE
information, perhaps a photo, we’ll
“One fellow is working on maps and signs,”
have to see . . . . With a QR code
you can go directly to that site, or have the URL DeBeer said. “Some are working on fi nding in-
formation about buildings. We need the storytell-
on the sign, as well.”
The site DeBeer is referencing would have an ers and people who can record those stories. We
need funding to transcribe the stories and make
archive of photos, stories, and information.
“If we have a site that is more accessible to more the signs and that type of thing. I’m looking at
people, then maybe that information can come to- what grants might be available.”
gether,” DeBeer said. “That’s why we want it on a More are welcome to join the cause.
site and not just a printed book, so it can be con- “This is open to anybody,” DeBeer said. “If
anybody has other ideas, I’m not dictating how it
stantly updated.”
As the group DeBeer is organizing comes to- should be done. We need to fi gure out how to re-
gether, everyone has something different to bring cord these stories and how to frame them.”
to the table.
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