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Brad, but he could be helped by for the last time.
That was 33 years ago. If
increasing the size of the opening
between the left and right sides of Brad had that same condition to-
the heart, thereby increasing the day, the opening would have been
life-sustaining shunt. This would enlarged by inflating a balloon
catheter across it in infancy, some-
require open-heart surgery.
Brad and his parents agreed. thing called a balloon septostomy.
I contacted one of the most expe- After allowing a few years for
rienced heart surgeons in the growth and development, correc-
country, and he agreed to do the tive heart surgery would have
been done. Brad would have lived
procedure. We were all ecstatic.
On the day of the heart to adulthood, gone to college and
surgery, the surgeon called me in probably lived a good life span. r\—\
It is a pity we did not have this
tears. During the operation a por-
tion of the heart wall had been in- technology then, but we do have
advertently cut. Massive blood it now. Literally thousands of
loss resulted, and permanent Brads, worldwide, have and will
brain damage was feared. Brad benefit from the miracles of mod-
never woke up from that opera- em medical technology. ❑
tion, and a week later his parents
Dr. Marshall Franklin is a
had to make the horrible request
that life support be discontinued. San Diego-based cardiologist.
"He never looked so pink," his
N
parents told me as they saw him
The Chinese Art
Of Movement
JACK WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
t first glance, the practice
of traditional tai chi chuan
may seem like so much
ynchronized sleepwalking
— underwater.
A yin, yang and yawn thing.
Actually, it's sort of watered-
down kung fu, choreographed, it
seems, by an ancient martial
artist who couldn't decide whether
to dance with his dreams or dis-
member his demons.
It's slow. It's controlled. It's,
well, inscrutable.
And with 108 separate move-
ments, it's as challenging to learn
as to execute, discouraging impa-
tient Westerners from some of its
bountiful benefits: enhanced bal-
ance and coordination, greater
blood flow and reduced stress.
A briefer, more accessible
form of the ancient Chinese art of
moving meditation has been
around for 22 years, perfected and
taught by Justin Stone of Albu-
querque, N.M.
This short form of tai chi
chuan is known as tai chi chih
(pronounced "tie chee chuh"). Eng-
lish translation: knowledge of the
supreme ultimate.
In both cases, the emphasis
is on "chi," or vital energy, and
"yin/yang," or balance of opposing
forces.
Tai chi chili encompasses 20
movements derived from tai chi
chuan — movements that are
taught in eight sessions of up to
90 minutes each.
Simple, gentle and repetitive,
the movements can be learned by
the young, the old and the phys-
ically challenged, say tai chi chih's
adherents. Some classes, in fact,
are geared for those in wheel-
chairs or people with multiple scle-
rosis.
Other classes involve com-
As
petitive athletes looking for any
edge.
If you're familiar with yoga,
the balance and flexibility you've
already developed will make tai
chi chili all the more accessible.
Ten minutes to a half-hour
per day of practice will reward a
student with what its adherents
call healing benefits. Among
them: reductions in stress and j
blood pressure.
Dr. Tahir Bhatti, a San Diego
psychiatrist, was impressed
enough as a student that he de-
cided to undertake a formal study
measuring tai chi chih's effects on
such things as depression, blood
pressure and pain relief.
A study published last year
in the Journal of the American
Medical Association showed that
exercises based on traditional tai<
chi can help the elderly reduce the
risk of falling — a problem for se-
niors, especially women prone to
osteoporosis.
"Tai chi chih doesn't have
some of the demanding poses re-
quired in traditional tai chi," said
Susan Patterson, a respiratory
therapist at San Diego Children's
Hospital when she isn't teaching
her favorite exercise.
"But you get nothing out of
it unless you do 10 minutes a day,"
she said.
"Because there are only 20
movements to learn, people find
they can relax their minds more
(than with tai chi chuan).
'They're not always thinking
about what's coming next, which
is what attracts some people who,
don't stick with tai chi chuan.
"We have a lot of former tai
chi chuan students in our class-
es."
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writes for
Copley News Service,
Jack Williams