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NEWS Wallowa.com Wednesday, May 6, 2020 A17 Surviving a housefi re: Moving Evaluating some COVID-19 drugs onto the future, part three This is the fi nal install- ment of what it’s like to lose your home to a fi re. This may be the fi nal installment of this saga for the Chieftain, but it’s far from the end of the story. We now must rebuild our lives from the ashes of the April 13 fi re that destroyed our garage and damaged our home on Lime Quarry Road above Enterprise. We’re still trying to fi nd a long-term rental that will house us all — four adults, four kids, four dogs and two cats — for about a year. That’s the estimate on how long it will take to get the house habitable again. We’re particularly eager to fi nd a rental, to regain some semblance of a normal life and to get our animals out of lockup. They’ve been at Lin-Lee Kennels in Joseph since the week of the fi re. Don and Pam Kiser there were gracious enough to take the cats within hours of the fi re and the dogs within a couple days. They heard about the fi re and actually contacted us fi rst and are giving our animals excellent care. But have the critters forgotten us? In addition to the Kisers, we’re quite grate- ful to Andy and Lindsey Marcum, who came to get the dogs the morning of the fi re and kept our two beagles for two days, as well as Andy’s mom and Patrick and Amy Patterson who took Zak and Lynn’s three dogs. We know it was a bur- den and we appreciate these friends. We also can’t thank Andy and Vanessa McKee enough for letting us use their bed and break- fast since the fi re. Now it’s time to fi nd a rental. We’ve pretty well found everything salvage- able from the fi re. We’ve sent clothing, furniture and other household items off to companies that will do their best to restore them. That which can’t be made smoke-free will be replaced. It seems the insurance company wants to restore the house to, as Zak, says, “what it was 30 seconds before the fi re.” That’s only fair, and we don’t want to see a classic 1904 farmhouse replaced with something modern- istic. From what I under- stand — I’m no construc- tion guru — they plan to strip the house down to studs; seal smoke-tainted wood to keep the odor in; replace insulation, sheet- rock, ceiling and some walls and fl ooring; and at least portions — maybe all — of the roof. The garage, its adja- cent rooms and the shop, of course, will have to be entirely rebuilt. Even though there’s light at the end of the tun- nel, the fi re has changed us. As the fi re inspector told Zak, “You’ll never be the same. It’ll change the way you think about many Finding effec- tive treatments for COVID-19 infec- tion is an inter- national priority. Ron Polk Today’s Moun- tain Medicine reviews two drugs recently of HCQ, “What do you reported to be effective have to lose? Take it.” We now know what you for treatment of COVID- 19 infections: hydroxy- have to lose is possibly chloroquine (HCQ) and your life. Since the presi- remdesivir. The goal is to dent’s comments at least 3 describe how treatments studies have documented for COVID-19 will be that a majority of patients evaluated so you will bet- receiving HCQ, with or ter understand reports of without azithromycin, will clinical trial results in the develop cardiac rhythm aberrations that place them coming months. Evaluating new treat- at high risk for potentially ments requires knowledge fatal arrhythmias. The fi rst good evi- of a framework that helps us sort out good data from dence that there may be bad. Note that the follow- an effective drug to treat ing are not considered evi- COVID-19 infections was dence: “I read on the inter- announced by Fauci one net..”, or “A friend told week ago: remdesivir “will me...” or “Why not try be the standard of care.” injecting bleach into the He provided summary results of an unpublished body?” Until recently there clinical trial conducted has been little evidence by the National Institutes of an effective therapy of Allergy and Infectious for COVID-19 infections. Diseases. The study treated A randomized controlled 1,063 hospitalized patients trial can establish whether with remdesivir or placebo a causal relationship exists and reported that patients between a therapeutic treated with remdesivir had intervention and an effect. an average recovery time What have we learned of 11 days compared to by applying this evalua- 15 days for placebo recip- tion framework to new evi- ients. Mortality was lower dence regarding COVID- in the remdesivir group, but the difference was not 19 treatments? On March 21, Presi- statistically signifi cant. This study used a supe- dent Trump tweeted that hydroxychloroquine and rior design, enrolled a large azithromycin have “a real number of patients and chance to be one of the therefore its observations biggest game changers in and conclusions are far the history of medicine.” more reliable. It is possi- This comment followed ble that defi ciencies in the a French research report study may appear during from the previous day. Dr. the peer-review process, Fauci was unimpressed; but at this time remdesivir he referred to the study as is the only drug “proven” to be effective for COVID- “anecdotal.” Why this difference in 19. It is likely to be widely interpretation? Because used until superior thera- Fauci is an expert in assess- pies are found. There are hundreds of ing the quality of clinical trials, and the president ongoing clinical trials for is a real estate developer. treatment of COVID-19 The French study reported infection. Assessing the quality that 26 adult patients with COVID-19 infection of evidence for new ther- received HCQ; six also apies and separating good received azithromycin. science from bad is criti- The authors recommend cal for identifying effective that COVID-19 patients treatments. I am optimistic that be treated with hydroxy- chloroquine and azithro- good science will prevail, mycin to cure infection. but fi nding the truth takes There was no valid control time. Meanwhile, listen to group and it is impossible scientists and doctors, not to determine if HCQ had a politicians. Ron Polk is the editor of real effect. On April 2, Trump said Mountain Medicine. MOUNTAIN MEDICINE By Bill Bradshaw Wallowa County Chieftain Bill Bradshaw Crews from One Call Restoration of La Grande begin cleaning up around the Lime Quarry Road house of Zak and Lynn Bradshaw that was partially burned April 13 when a fi re destroyed the garage. Bill Bradshaw Tanner Krewson, left, lead technician for One Call Restoration of La Grande, cuts a post holding a beam while Max Hickey, also of One Call, pushes it away Tuesday, April 28. One Call was at the Zak and Lynn Bradshaw house on Lime Quarry Road to begin the work of cleaning, demolishing and restoring the house where the garage caught fi re April 13. things.” How true! Within days, Zak and Lynn said they no longer want wood heat, even though it had nothing to do with causing the fi re. I think my wife, Marga- ret, agrees, but I’m an old curmudgeon and wouldn’t mind another wood stove — carefully tended. While we’re still dev- astated by the loss of our things and damage to our home, we remain hope- ful. Our hope and joy are rooted in our faith and how God has used His people. I can’t begin to list all the people God has put in our lives to help us through this tragedy — and the Chieftain doesn’t have the space. But I will thank the many on the “meal train” who fed us delicious din- ners since the fi re (I’m get- ting fatter); our elder son, Seth, and daughter, Amber, who set up a GoFundMe account for us; certainly the fi refi ghters who saved as much as possible; and other community mem- bers, family, friends and fellow believers who have been there. God bless you all. Appointment Types Available Bill Bradshaw Lynn Bradshaw shows Tanner Krewson, lead technician for One Call Restoration of La Grande, her daughter’s jewelry box that she wants cleaned. It’s covered with soot — like everything in the Alder Slope home that burned April 13. 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