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Diabetes treated with expertise at G.C. Hospital attacked his lungs and kidneys, triggered by the medication hydralazine, which he had been Dr. Manuel Flores had a taking for three years to treat great time when he went skiing hypertension. Doctors recommended that with his family in Canada last December, but two weeks later Flores take corticosteroids to reduce the inflamhe suf fered from severe fatigue, and mation. But this he could not undercaused him to stand why. Then he develop diabetes. bit his tongue dur“That’s very ing dinner in his common,” Dr. BarGlen Head home. bara Keber, who The pain was so chairs the medical unbearable that he board of f amily was unable to eat medicine at Glen or drink and Cove Hospital, said. became dehydrat“As a diabetes speed, which increased cialist, I know firsthis fatigue. hand the challeng“When I went to es and complexities u r g e n t c a r e I DR. BARBARA of managing this c r a s h e d r i g h t KEBER complex condition. there,” Flores, 58, Chair, medical board The steroids raise said. “I was ane- of family medicine, t h e bl o o d s u g a r mic, and my blood dramatically, and Glen Cove Hospital pressure went then it has to be down.” managed in a hosHe was sent to Glen Cove pital setting with insulin.” Hospital’s emergency room, Flores returned home after where doctors discovered that three weeks of treatment. He his lungs were filled with fluid, continued his treatment and is and Flores also had kidney fail- currently being weaned off the ure. He was diagnosed with steroid. People often no longer ANCA vasculitis, a rare auto- have diabetes after they go off immune disorder causing him steroids, which is what Flores t o c re at e a n t i b o d i e s t h at CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Courtesy Patricia Bonanza
Phil Bonanza left a legacy of friendliness, community service and, of course, great hot dogs and Italian ices.
Phil Bonanza, community icon, dies Oyster Bay mourns loss of Bonanza Stand owner By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
Oyster Bay lost one of its most beloved community members with the death, on March 12, of Philip Bonanza, the third-generation owner and proprietor of Bonanza Stand, an old-school hot dog and Italian ice stand. He died suddenly, of cardiac arrest, and he left a profound void in the hearts of family members, friends and regular customers all over town, marking the end of an era that spanned over a half-century. “As far as I’m concerned, Oyster Bay is the Bonanzas, and the Bonanzas are Oyster Bay,” said Jane Shaw, whose grandparents
first went to the stand roughly 90 years ago, when it was owned by Bonanza’s grandparents. Born into a family deeply rooted in Oyster Bay, Bonanza, who was known as Phil, inherited a legacy of culinary excellence and community service from his family. His widow, Patricia, spoke of how much he loved working at the stand, and especially being able to bring the community together and put smiles on customers’ faces. “My husband loved all of his customers,” Patricia said. “He tried to learn everybody’s names. He wanted to make things good for people, to make them happy. He got real pleaCONTINUED ON PAGE 4
e have programs set up for the uninsured with our family medicine center.