NOON-5 PM
ON THE GROUNDS OF GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NORTH HAVEN CAMPUS
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88 BASSETT RD., NORTH HAVEN
New
Haven, CT. - Milford resident Linny Henry was an active, healthy
fifteen-year-old...a swimmer and a member of her brother's band. Then
she contracted a parasite and her health deteriorated to the point that
today, six years later, she is in a wheelchair. A Cleveland Clinic this
spring finally diagnosed her problem, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia
Syndrome P.O.T.S. or POTS. The good news is that treatment which may
restore up to 80% of can begin. Linny has adequate insurance, but not
enough money to pay for the trips to Cleveland.
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That's why on
September 1, Sunday, Labor Day Weekend, the Nutmeg Symphonic Pops
Orchestra (the orchestra in residence at Gateway Community College) is
holding a fundraiser at Gateway's North Haven campus, 88 Bassett Road.
It's an old-fashioned, day-long picnic starting at Noon and featuring
the Pops Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Dino Ciaburri, several
local bands, good food and raffles. In the event of rain, the party
will move indoors.
All proceeds will benefit Linny's Medical expenses.
More on POTS:
Unless
you or a family member have been dealing with POTS you probably haven't
heard of it before. But for one in 100 young people, that complaint,
“I'm tired,” is more than a casual comment. It is a indicative of a
syndrome which may affect up to half a million Americans, usually girls
between the ages of 12 and 20.
The major symptoms are dizziness or
fainting upon standing up. In laymen s' term when POTS' patients move
from lying down to standing their heart rate increases too quickly. With
most people the rate goes from 70 or 80 beats per minute to 90; but
with POTS the rate may rise as high as 120 beats per minute. Blood
doesn't get to the head and dizziness and fainting occur.
You
don't catch POTS, you develop it. It is believed it is caused by an
imbalance of the nervous system's control of blood flow. It can be
triggered by various bodily stressors including a high fevered illness
or mononucleosis, being pregnant, giving birth, physical trauma,
chemotherapy or surgery.
