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From front

Baby Jenna gets new heart

“She’s right on track with heavily sedated and had a lot
her recovery which is really of tubes attached to her.
great, she’s doing better than “T just snuggled with her
doctors expected, ” Parkes and just hung out with Jen-
said from her temporary na.”

In the weeks leading up to
the lifesaving operation doc-
tors told Parkes she couldn’t :

ald House. in Edmonton.
“Most kids in her state’

would still be intubated and hold her baby because too |

much stress’ on -the little
girl’s fragile heart could be
dangerous: =

Jenna Parkes was born
July 27 with what’s called
aortic stenosis — the narrow-
ing of the aorta, preventing
the proper circulation of the
blood. Therapies to’ inflate
the aorta using a balloon
were unsuccessful, Parkes
said.

she’s had the tube out for |
(several) days now.”

“Having those tubes re-
moved has meant Nancy can-==
now do the one thing most >
new moms get to do as much
as they want - hold her new
baby. -

“1 finally got to > hold her
after five weeks of waiting,”
said Parkes, adding before
the operation” Jenna ‘was

“We are not on the short- | manager Ken Earl removed
list,” said Vancity spokes-
person Sara Holland, adding

she could not comment on

avoid any perception of a
conflict of interest because
he is still technically an em-
ployee of the. Northern Sav-
ings Credit Union.

Earl moved from the
Northern Savings - Credit
Union earlier this year to
take over as interim general
manager after Val Gauvin
was dismissed amid allega-.
tions she recommended the
approval of loans for‘a com-
mercial client that went be-

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As merger negotiations .”
continue, the Terrace and

hired Kim Andres, a merger.

B.C., as the project manager ~

‘Terrace and District Cred-
it Union’s interim general ©

Se

dent stopped a vehicle’ fire from destroying

_ Thornhill. fire crews arrived, and extin-

_chance at life,”

himself from the process to. ;
- parties I think had a con-
cern, and I think a legitimate .

yond the credit union’s loan” '

A heart transplant be-
came her only option.

Nancy’s grateful to the
family who donated their

‘baby’s heart so Jenna could

live.
“Tt’s sad knowing that an-

other baby does have to die, |

but it’s good for Jenna be-
cause she’s got this second
Parkes said.
“In the coming weeks, as

Jenna continues to recuper-
ate, Parkes expects that she .
‘will begin. to have a more

hands- -on, role with Jenna’s

Care.

She'll be learning how
to take care of her since the
operation, how to administer
the many ‘medications She

lending limits.

“The. other interested

one,’ with Ken being there
as the interim manager, but

he is still an employee with |
_ Northern Savings,”
-Mike Tarr.

_says

' “There was a perception :
that that gave Northern Sav-

_ings some sort of an advan-
-tage over the other parties.

We understood that and we

‘understood that Ken should —

not have any involvement i in
the merger process.”

. Garage saved after snow plow catches fire

guished the blaze shortly afterward.

' . Thornhill fire chief Wes Patterson said he
believes an electrical short in the plow start-.
ed the blaze. He wasn’t sure of the extent

_ of the vehicle’s damage but said the garage
suffered minor damage.

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has to take and learn what
to look for should, Jenna’s
body start to reject the new
organ.

Nancy is looking forward
to Christmas Eve when her
husband: Ian will ‘join her-
self, Jenna and their ‘older
daughter Emily, 2, for the

_ Christmas holidays.

Ian Parkes is an appren-
tice ‘electrician complet-

ing his schooling in Prince.

George; Nancy says. He
hasn’t seen: Jenna since be-
fore the operation:

“He's excited to see her,”

Nancy says, adding it will be”

an extra special Christmas
together.
Nancy is overwhelmed

Terrace and. District

“Credit Union board chair
Dan Condon’ says he hopes .

the merger negotiations to
be complete by the end of
December.

‘He has said the decision '

to end the Terrace and Distr-

rict Cfedit Union’s indepen- -

dent status was an emotional
one.

The Terrace and District
Credit Union this year cel-
ebrated its 60th anniversary.

It has become a major
contributor to community
events and causes.

until you bust her buttons

with the gift she didn't
even dare to hope for.

by the support her family

has received from Terrace.
“I know McDonald’s has

the jars in town...my friend

-Karen, her church donated

quite a bit of money for us
and they’ve been praying
quite a lot for Jenna too
— non stop, and our friends

did a garage sale for us in,

August,” she said.

“It makes me feel good
that we were born and raised
in Terrace and the small
town we live in has really

pulled together for us, it’s

very overwhelming.”
As soon as Jenna’s

_ healthy enough she will. be
released from hospital on ~

an outpatient basis, Nancy

says, adding she expects she’
‘© and Jenna will have to stay
' in Edmonton for up to three

more months.

“It was just alittle nerve- ar

wracking, but we are really © © :

‘ excited that she’ll start get-

ting better and we’ll finally
be able to bring this little girl,
home soon,” ” she said.

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