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Page 10 • July 3, 2013 • The <strong>Faith</strong> <strong>Independent</strong><br />
The Prairie Doc Perspective<br />
Dr. Richard Holms, MD<br />
The curse of Ondine<br />
There is an old German folk<br />
tale about Ondine, a beautiful<br />
young water nymph who fell in<br />
love with a handsome mortal. Her<br />
lover promised, “My every waking<br />
breath is a testimony of my love,”<br />
and yet later Ondine discovered<br />
the mortal to be unfaithful. Her<br />
father the nymph king then<br />
placed a curse on the fickle lover<br />
making his breathing a conscious<br />
and not automatic process. Thus,<br />
if the mortal should fall asleep, he<br />
would forget to breath. Eventually<br />
Ondine’s cursed lover succumbed<br />
to complete exhaustion,<br />
fell asleep, and died.<br />
The name “Ondine’s Curse”<br />
was first used in 1962 to describe<br />
three brain surgery patients who<br />
died resulting from the loss of the<br />
autonomic drive to breath during<br />
sleep. The name subsequently<br />
came to be used to describe a rare<br />
congenital syndrome in babies<br />
with a similar inadequate breathing<br />
drive. More recently experts<br />
advise the name Ondine’s Curse<br />
be dropped since the word “curse”<br />
implies wrongdoing and guilt to<br />
the parents of these unfortunate<br />
babies.<br />
I think this story better relates<br />
to the broad category of conditions<br />
called sleep apnea, which involves<br />
troubled breathing while<br />
asleep. The word apnea actually<br />
means “no breath” or “breathless.”<br />
Less than one percent of patients<br />
with sleep apnea is due to<br />
weakness of the brain-controlled<br />
autonomic drive to breath, called<br />
central apnea; 85 percent is due<br />
to floppy-fatty airways that obstruct<br />
breathing, called obstructive<br />
apnea; and the rest is due to<br />
a combination of central and obstructive<br />
causes, called complex<br />
apnea.<br />
Whichever the type, sleep<br />
apnea can be a dangerous, even<br />
deadly condition, resulting in excessive<br />
daytime sleepiness, depression,<br />
anger and irritability,<br />
memory loss, and even strokes.<br />
What’s more, prolonged low-oxygen<br />
causes increased risk for high<br />
blood pressure, congestive heart<br />
failure, heart attack, and sudden<br />
death.<br />
Clues for this serious condition<br />
include high blood pressure,<br />
morning headaches, sudden<br />
awakening with shortness of<br />
breath, observed spells of breathing<br />
cessation, especially in people<br />
who are obese, loud snorers,<br />
smokers, or sedated by alcohol or<br />
sleeping meds. Then again sometimes<br />
there is little warning and<br />
sleep apnea is a silent killer.<br />
If you or your spouse could<br />
have sleep apnea, see your doctor.<br />
You wouldn’t want to have Ondine’s<br />
curse.<br />
Dr. Rick Holm wrote this<br />
Prairie Doc Perspective for “On<br />
Call®,” a weekly program where<br />
medical professionals discuss<br />
health concerns for the general<br />
public. “On Call®” is produced by<br />
the Healing Words Foundation in<br />
association with the South Dakota<br />
State University Journalism Department.<br />
“On Call®” airs Thursdays<br />
on South Dakota Public<br />
Broadcasting-Television at 7 p.m.<br />
Central, 6 p.m. Mountain. Visit us<br />
at OnCallTelevision.com.<br />
email us at faithind@faithsd.com<br />
South Dakota Rodeo Assn. standings<br />
Week of June 27th<br />
Mens All-Around: 1. Levi Hapney -<br />
Quinn $1690.88; 2. Steve Klein - Sioux<br />
Falls $759.48; 3. JB Lord - Sturgis $646.48;<br />
4. Chuck Nelson - Hartford $646.08; 5. Carson<br />
Musick - Pierre $605.80; 6. Rex Treeby<br />
- Hecla $594.24; 7. Shaw Loiseau - Colman<br />
$578.98; 8. JD Johnson - Dupree $572.16;<br />
9. Tate Cowan - Ft. Pierre $546.36; 10.<br />
Kourt Starr - Dupree $450.33; 11.Ty Ollerich<br />
- Hartford $439.20; 12. Joe Wilson -<br />
Long Valley $274.50; 13. Lynn Williams -<br />
<strong>Faith</strong> $254.63<br />
Womens All-Around: 1. Hallie Fulton<br />
- Miller $1732.59; 2. Carole Hollers - Sturgis<br />
$1247.04; 3. Kaylee Nelson - Box Elder<br />
$968.60; 4. Joey Painter - Buffalo $788.61;<br />
5. Dori Hollenbeck - Winner $501.97; 6.<br />
Colbee Mohr - Timber Lake $237.66; 7.<br />
Melissa Morris - Pierre $221.70; 8. Katie<br />
Doll - Prairie City $124.48<br />
Mens Rookie: 1. JR Dees - Aurora<br />
$948.26; 2. Tate Cowan - Ft. Pierre<br />
$546.36; 3. Ty Ollerich - Hartford $439.20;<br />
4. Kash Deal - Dupree $302.64; 5. Joe Skibinski<br />
- Sioux Falls $216.00; 6. Jason Hapney<br />
- Harrold $192.00; 7. Darrell Barry -<br />
Belle Fourche $169.75; 8. Vance Steedley -<br />
Sundance, Wy $84.88; 9. Stetson Murphy -<br />
Rapid City, $62.40<br />
Womens Rookie:<br />
1. Shelby Vinson - Worthing $1715.88;<br />
2. Courtney Birkholtz - Willow Lake<br />
$765.12; 3. Katie Lensegrav - Interior<br />
$584.64; 4. Katie Anderson - Plankinton<br />
$288.00; 5. Sara Teeslink - Kimball<br />
$249.60; 6. Lexy Williams - Hettinger, ND<br />
$135.80; 7. Courtney Dahlgren - Timber<br />
Lake $86.40<br />
Bareback: 1. Mark Kenyon - Hayti<br />
$590.40; 2. Lonny Lesmeister - Rapid City<br />
$310.40; 3. Joe Wilson -Long Valley<br />
$187.20; 4. Cheyenne Seymour - Gillette,<br />
Wy $117.13; 5. Brody Kronberg - Bison<br />
$77.60; 6. Stetson Murphy - Rapid City<br />
$62.40; 7. Chance Englebert - Burdock,<br />
$25.47<br />
Barrel Racing: 1. Shelby Vinson -<br />
Worthing $1715.88;2. Hallie Fulton - Miller<br />
$965.67; 3. Kaylee Gallino - Wasta $870.09;<br />
4.Courtney Birkholtz - Willow Lake<br />
$765.12; 5. Carole Hollers - Sturgis<br />
$552.96; 6. Kristi Steffes - Vale $529.62; 7.<br />
Joey Painter - Buffalo $416.13; 8. Taryn<br />
Sippel - Pierpont $403.20; 9. Chancey Stirling<br />
- Reliance $364.32; 9. Melodi Christensen<br />
- Kennebec $364.32; 10. Kailee<br />
Webb - Isabel $322.53; 11. Amy Deichert -<br />
Spearfish $ 237.65; 12. Cindy Johns - Bonesteel<br />
$198.72; 13. Colbee Mohr - Timber<br />
Lake $84.88; 14. Dori Hollenbeck - Winner<br />
$37.83<br />
Bull Riding: 1. Tyson Donovan - Sturgis<br />
$1976.86; 2. Joey Koupal - Dante<br />
$298.76; 3. Jared Schaefer - Leola $288.00<br />
Calf Roping: 1. Justin Scofield - Volga<br />
$864.71; 2. Jamie Wolf - Pierre $584.64; 3.<br />
Jess Woodward - Dupree $577.04; 4. Rex<br />
Treeby - Hecla $483.84; 5. Jace Melvin - Ft<br />
Pierre $445.44; 6. Trey Young - Dupree<br />
$442.32; 7. JD Johnson - Dupree $330.24;<br />
8. Levi Hapney - Quinn $282.24; 9.Shaw<br />
Loiseau - Colman $141.60; 10. Ty Ollerich<br />
- Hartford $116.64; 11. Ron Skovly - Aurora<br />
$100.80; 12. Carson Musick - Pierre $97.00;<br />
13.Matt Peters - Hot Springs $86.01; 13.<br />
Kourt Starr - Dupree $86.01<br />
Goat Tying: 1.Hallie Fulton - Miller<br />
$766.92; 2.Tarin Hupp - Huron $302.40;<br />
2.Chelsey Kelly - Dupree $302.40; 3.Krystal<br />
Marone - Isabel $203.70; 4.Trisha Price<br />
- <strong>Faith</strong> $184.30; 5.Lexy Williams - Hettinger,<br />
ND $135.80; 6.Courtney Dahlgren -<br />
Timber Lake, SD $86.40<br />
Ladies Breakaway: 1. Jacque Murray<br />
- Isabel $1040.09; 2. Carole Hollers - Sturgis<br />
$694.08; 3. Kaylee Nelson - Box Elder<br />
$673.72; 4. Katie Lensegrav - Interior<br />
$584.64; 5. Toree Gunn - Wasta $483.84; 6.<br />
Dori Hollenbeck - Winner $464.14; 6. Cassy<br />
Woodward - Dupree $464.14; 7. Shanna Anderson<br />
- Eagle Butte $237.65; 8. Whitney<br />
Knippling - Chamberlain $181.44; 9. Alisa<br />
Mcgrath - Belle Fourche $170.40; 10. Colbee<br />
Mohr - Timber Lake $152.78; 11.<br />
Melissa Morris - Pierre $68.10; 12. Katie<br />
Doll - Prairie City $46.88; 13. Mercedes<br />
Williams - <strong>Faith</strong>, $21.22; 13. Kari Jo<br />
Lawrence - Mobridge, $21.22<br />
Mixed Team Roping: 1. Lacey Jo<br />
March - Hot Springs $450.80; 2. Joey<br />
Painter - Buffalo $372.48; 3. Jolene Loiseau<br />
- Colman $326.40; 4. Jennifer Gale - Hartford<br />
$307.20; 5. Kaylee Nelson - Box Elder<br />
$294.88; 6. Ashley Boomgarden - Davis, SD<br />
$244.80; 7. Bailey Peterson - Parade<br />
$230.40; 8. Trina Arneson - Enning<br />
$217.28; 9. Melissa Morris - Pierre $153.60;<br />
10. Katie Doll - Prairie City $77.60; 11.<br />
Brooke Nelson - Philip $76.80<br />
Saddle Bronc: 1. Dillon Schroth - Buffalo<br />
Gap $450.08; 2. Kyle Hapney - Harrold<br />
$438.40; 3. Travis Schroth - Buffalo Gap<br />
$372.48; 4. Shorty Garrett - Dupree<br />
$365.69; 5. Kash Deal - Dupree $302.64; 6.<br />
Eric Gewecke - Red Owl $264.48; 7. Eric<br />
Addison - Caputa $239.59; 8. KC Longbrake<br />
- Eagle Butte $218.88; 9. Jason Hapney<br />
- Harrold $192.00; 10. Dillon<br />
Ducheneaux - Mobridge $176.54; 11. Lane<br />
Stirling - Buffalo $82.08<br />
Sr. Mens Breakaway: 1. Steve Klein -<br />
Sioux Falls $625.08; 2. Marty Burress -<br />
Piedmont $493.13; 3. Lennis Fagerhaug -<br />
Wessington Springs $449.26; 4. Chuck Nelson<br />
- Hartford $430.08; 5. Delbert Cobb -<br />
Red Owl $331.03; 6. JB Lord - Sturgis<br />
$302.40; 7. Gary Zilverberg - Holabird<br />
$291.00; 8. Dana Sippel - Pierpont $288.00;<br />
9. Terry McCutcheon - Brookings $276.48;<br />
10. John Hoven - McLaughlin $230.38; 11.<br />
Doug Young - Dupree $192.00; 12. Darrell<br />
Barry - Belle Fourche $169.75; 13. Len<br />
Hofer - Piedmont $96.00; 14. Terry<br />
McPherson - Piedmont $60.63; 14. Lynn<br />
Williams - <strong>Faith</strong> $60.63<br />
Steer Wrestling: 1. Levi Hapney -<br />
Quinn $1028.40; 2.Tom Hunt - Eagle Butte<br />
$501.12; 3. Troy Wilcox - Red Owl $492.28;<br />
4. Clint Nelson - Philip $407.40; 5. Ty Ollerich<br />
- Hartford $322.56; 6. Sam Olson -<br />
Buffalo $322.53; 7. Brett Wilcox - Red Owl<br />
$261.90; 8.Tate Cowan - Ft. Pierre $255.36;<br />
9. JD Johnson - Dupree $241.92; 10 Blake<br />
Williams - Piedmont $237.65; 11. Tye Hale<br />
- <strong>Faith</strong> $155.52; 12. Cole Fulton - Miller<br />
$152.78; 13.Joe Wilson - Long Valley<br />
$87.30; 14. Charles Forell - Pierre $86.40;<br />
15.Vance Steedley - Sundance, Wy $84.88;<br />
16. Jerod Schwarting - White River $69.60<br />
Team Penning: 1. Clinton Olinger -<br />
Plankinton $288.00; 1. Katie Anderson -<br />
Plankinton $288.00; 1. Randall Olson -<br />
Harrisburg $288.00; 2. Robert Devitt - Harrisburg<br />
$268.80; 2. James Kuiper - Canton<br />
$268.80; 2. Gerald Sorenson - Canton<br />
$268.80; 3. Doni Zeller - Forestburg<br />
$249.60; 3. Sara Teeslink - Kimball<br />
$249.60; 3. Ronald South, Jr. - Wessington<br />
Springs $249.60; 4. Terry Trower - Dell<br />
Rapids $216.00; 4. Joe Skibinski - Sioux<br />
Falls $216.00; 4.Chuck Nelson - Hartford<br />
$216.00; 5. Dani Miller - Montrose $187.20;<br />
5. Larry Fossum - Hartford $187.20; 5. Nick<br />
Coulter - Montrose $187.20; 6. Tom Varilek<br />
- Geddes $134.40; 6. Steve Klein - Sioux<br />
Falls $134.40; 6. Mick Varilek - Geddes<br />
$134.40<br />
Team Roping Header: 1. JR Dees -<br />
Aurora $948.26; 2. Shaun Ruland - Wall<br />
$787.64; 3. Jared Odens - Letcher $640.32;<br />
4. Kevin Schmidt - Box Elder $583.94; 5.<br />
Colton Musick - Pierre $508.80; 6. Eli Lord<br />
- Sturgis $485.28; 7. Tucker Dale - Timber<br />
Lake $388.00; 8. Levi Hapney - Quinn<br />
$380.24; 9. Kourt Starr - Dupree $364.32;<br />
10. JB Lord - Sturgis $344.08; 11. Tate<br />
Cowan - Ft. Pierre $291.00; 12. Shaw<br />
Loiseau - Colman $194.88; 13. Tom<br />
Williams - <strong>Faith</strong> $194.00; 14. Devin Mc-<br />
Grath - Belle Fourche $146.88; 15. Rex<br />
Treeby - Hecla $110.40<br />
Team Roping Heeler: 1. Matt Zancanella<br />
- Aurora $948.26; 2. Dalton Richter<br />
- Quinn $934.52; 3. Emit Valnes - Eden<br />
$640.32; 4. Dustin Schaefer - South Shore<br />
$598.56; 5. Jade Schmidt - Box Elder<br />
$583.94; 6. Carson Musick - Pierre<br />
$508.80; 7. Jade Nelson - Midland $485.28;<br />
8. Jesse Dale - Timber Lake $388.00; 9. Cal<br />
Peterson - Parade $364.32; 10. Casey<br />
Cowan - Ft. Pierre $291.00; 11. Dace<br />
Harper - <strong>Faith</strong> $244.44; 12. Lynn Williams<br />
- <strong>Faith</strong> $194.00<br />
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