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Christopher Goheens home after suffering recent health issues By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
Kierstin Lynn Brown was the first baby born on New Year’s Day at CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh, born at 5 a.m. that morning. Kierstin, seen here being held by parents Bridget A. and Shane T. Brown of Willsboro, weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces. She is the Browns’ first child. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
PERU — Eight-year-old Christopher Goheens was born with serious heart problems, and recently, his health took a turn for the worse. Christopher, whose story was first featured in the Clinton County Free Trader Today in September 2008, was hospitalized just prior to Christmas with complications related to his condition known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome. According to Christopher ’s mother, Amy Goheens, Christopher began vomiting blood Dec. 19 and had to be rushed to the hospital. “He lost over a liter of blood,” said Goheens. “The doctors intubated him in Plattsburgh and wanted to bring him to Boston Children’s Hospital but couldn’t fly him because of the weather.” Christopher was then in the process of being transported via ambulance,
but, while en route, his heart rate increased rapidly and he began vomiting more blood, clogging his breathing tube. The ambulance was then redirected to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., said Goheens, with medical personnel having a difficult time stabilizing Christopher. “The doctors didn’t know if he was going to make it,” she said. “It was really touch and go.” Eventually, Christopher was stabilized and admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit where a heart catheterization was performed and he was placed in a medically-induced coma. The next night, doctors were able to clear Christopher for transport to Boston where they performed a computed tomography scan. The scan showed a cloudy area on his left lung, which was believed to be blood. Christopher underwent extensive further examination, and doctors ultimately found he was bleeding from a See CHRISTOPHER, page 13
Highway department regroups following devastating blaze Dannemora supervisor, highway superintendent thank neighboring municipalities for support By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com DANNEMORA — The new year didn’t start as Howard “Pete” Barber expected. Barber, who serves as the town’s highway superintendent, received word the town garage was on fire shortly after 9 a.m. New Year ’s Day, and rushed there from his home less than a mile from the scene. “I couldn’t believe what I saw when I got here,” said Barber. “The whole front of the building was engulfed in
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flames. We tried to get one of the trucks out but there was too much smoke and too much heat.” Barber said learning of the fire came as a complete surprise as he had been in contact with town employees earlier that morning who were busily clearing the roads of snow. “I checked the roads at 4 a.m. and called men in to clean the roads. When I talked to them at about 7:40 a.m., they said everything was fine,” recalled Barber. America “Ves” Pivetta, who assumed
The aftermath of a fire which destroyed the Town of Dannemora Highway Department garage on Town Garage Road New Year’s Day. Highway Superintendent Howard “Pete” Barber said he’s received calls from highway departments across the tri-county area offering assistance since the blaze. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
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