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4B Daily News – Thursday, August 8, 2013 FEATURES Student tired of being ogled by stepdad Infant hip dysplasia few years ago and discovered Dear Annie: I am a 20that she no longer showers year-old college student and because she is afraid of sliplive at home during the sumping. It also is too hard for mer with my mom and stepher to step over the lip of the dad. bathtub. She even bought a The problem is, my stepshower stool, but for whatevdad makes me uncomforter reason, she doesn't use it. able. He is a porn addict. He Instead, she cleans herself leaves girlie magazines all over the house and down- Annie's with a rag and soap. Grandma has a distinct loads porn on our home body odor that is getting procomputer. As if that isn't awkward enough, he is by Kathy Mitchell gressively worse, and it's always looking at my body. and Marcy Sugar hard to be close to her. I think she'd want to know this, but I He also checks out my sisters. It is so unnerving that I refuse to don't want to hurt her feelings. Is wear shorts around him. Worst of all, there any way to politely tell her? — I can't wear a swimsuit, knowing he Trying To Get Granny To Shower Dear Trying: There are kind will be gawking at me. I can't go a day without worrying ways to tell her. Grandma likely that he is ogling me. What can I do? doesn't notice her body odor. You need to let her know, nicely, that she — Not So Home Sweet Home Dear Not: What a charming needs to be more thorough. You can father figure you have. Is your moth- offer to help her shower; you can er aware that her husband checks contact the Visiting Nurse Associayou out and makes you uncomfort- tion (thevnacares.org) or hire a able? She should know. In the mean- nurse's aide to come regularly; you time, spend as little time around him can discuss the possibility of remodas possible. Don't sunbathe in the eling her bathroom to make it more backyard. Go to a friend's house or accessible; you can look into a transto the local pool or beach. If you fer bench that lifts her into the tub catch him staring at your body, con- area; you can bring her to your place front him directly and tell him to if it has a shower stall or even to your stop. Also, talk to your sisters about local health club. Also, please check his behavior and make sure they are to be sure her laundry is getting OK. Don't be afraid to speak up on done. (Offer to do it for her.) Finally, your family might want to discuss their behalf. Dear Annie: My grandma is 84 with Grandma the possibility of years old and still able to live inde- moving into a senior facility that is pendently. I spent time in her home a set up to alleviate such limitations. Mailbox Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Depressed in Hiding," the 16-yearold high school girl who is depressed and anxious and has resorted to selfharm. She is afraid to tell her parents because she believes they will hate her. My heart goes out to her. I, too, have battled depression and was afraid to seek help. It's too easy to feel that no one will understand and they might even be angry. But the truth is, admitting you need help is one of the most powerful things a person can do and is the first step in getting better. People DO understand. If she is having suicidal thoughts, I strongly suggest she ask her parents to bring her to the local emergency room, where she could be seen by someone right away. Sweetie, you are not alone! — Sherry in Montreal Dear Sherry: We appreciate that so many of our readers wrote to support this young woman and offer words of encouragement. To all of our Muslim readers: Happy Eid. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. West Coast states appeal for National Guard Stryker Brigade SACRAMENTO – The governors and National Guard leaders from California, Oregon and Washington recently sent a letter to national defense leaders, urging them to convert the Army National Guard's 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team, with units in Washington and California, to a Stryker armored vehicle brigade. Replacing the unit's tanks with Stryker vehicles would provide the states' National Guard forces with highly advanced, flexible vehicles suited for deployment during state and regional emergencies. "As a community-based force, responding to emergencies at home is at the core of the National Guard mission," said Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, adjutant general for the California National Guard. "Transitioning to a Stryker brigade would empower us to respond more effectively during domestic emergencies, both natural and manmade." As soldiers return from combat tours overseas, the Department of Defense (DoD) is also bringing home vehicles and equipment that have yet to be assigned to military installations. In their letter, the governors and adjutants general emphasized that assigning returning Strykers to the National Guard would eliminate the need for the active duty Army to store and maintain the vehicles as well as provide for easier access for homeland defense and overseas wartime missions – all at a lower cost to taxpayers. A recent two-year DoD report to Congress stressed the remarkable cost-effectiveness in utilizing the National Guard and Reserves as opposed to their active duty counterparts in carrying out national security operations. "The 81st currently uses old tanks that are too heavy to use on our roads during emergencies," said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. "By converting the 81st to a Stryker brigade, and supplying this unit with newer, more modern equipment, we achieve a double win. Our National Guards would have an enhanced ability to respond to local and regional emergencies like floods, fires and earthquakes. Additionally, a conversion would position this equipment closer to the Asia-Pacific Region, where the U.S. military is placing a heavier focus." At present, there is only one Stryker brigade in the National Guard, located in Pennsylvania. Converting the 81st to a Stryker mission would allow for close alignment with the Stryker Brigade Center of Excellence at Washington's Joint Base Lewis-McChord, California's National Training Center at Fort Irwin and Oregon's Umatilla/Boardman Training Complex. For more information on the proposed transition to the Stryker armored vehicles, contact Lt. Col. Thomas Keegan, public affairs officer for the California National Guard, at (916) 854-3304 or thomas.w.keegan.mil@mail .mil. treatment ineffective sia of the hip in DEAR DOCnewborns and at TOR K: My baby follow-up wellhas developmental baby visits. If the dysplasia of the doctor feels unusuhip. What is this? al movement of the How will it be hip, he or she will treated? use ultrasound or DEAR READX-rays to confirm ER: Because I'm the diagnosis. not a pediatrician, I Dr. K Left untreated, haven't seen a baby by Anthony L. with developmen- Komaroff, M.D. d e v e l o p m e n t a l dysplasia of the tal dysplasia of the hip since I was in medical hip can lead to a shortened school. But I talked with leg, arthritis, difficulty pediatrician colleagues walking and long-term here at Harvard Medical pain. But with early treatSchool and refreshed my ment, most children can walk normally and have memory. Our hips are designed to normal hip function. Treatment depends on support our full weight while allowing movement the child's age: — Newborns usually in all directions. To accomplish this, the rounded top wear a special device, such of the thigh bone (femur) as the Pavlik harness or the splint. These fits into a cup-shaped sock- Frejka et in the pelvis called the devices keep the top of the acetabulum. The "ball" of femur in the socket the the femur sits inside the right way. The hip ligasocket. (I've put an illustra- ments gradually tighten tion of the hip joint on my and the hip joint usually w e b s i t e , stabilizes. — For infants age 1 AskDoctorK.com.) In developmental dys- month to 6 months, the plasia of the hip, the ball at doctor will try a harness or the top of the femur moves splint. If these devices in and out of the socket don't help, the doctor will either partway or all the consider gently (and nonway. That's not supposed surgically) putting the head to happen: It makes the hip of the femur in place while unreliable in supporting the the child is under anesthesia. This is called a closed baby's weight. The ball of the femur reduction. The child then slips in and out of the sock- wears a body cast (spica et because the ligaments cast) until the hip joint is that hold the two bones normal. — Most children age 6 together are very loose or because the cup-shaped months to 2 years can be socket is not deep enough. treated with closed reducThis condition usually is tion and a spica cast. Some present at birth, but it can require open surgery. — For children older develop after birth, during infancy or childhood. Usu- than 2 years, surgery is ally just one hip is affected, often needed, followed by but in about 20 percent of a spica cast. Fortunately, treatment is children with this condition usually effective, and the it affects both hips. The condition is more child does not have hip common in babies who problems later in life. were breech deliveries. It Dr. Komaroff is a also seems to run in famiphysician and professor at lies. It happens more often in little girls than in little Harvard Medical School. boys, and more often in To send questions, go to firstborn infants. We don't AskDoctorK.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck know why. Doctors routinely check St., Second Floor, Boston, for developmental dyspla- MA 02115. An Independently owned and operated Member of Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates. The busiest local information website in Tehama County! 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