Conexion April 2017

Eliana cont.
• Enlarged spleen Mononucleosis may cause enlargement of the spleen.
• Hepatitis. You may experience mild liver inflammation (hepatitis).
• Jaundice. A yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes (jaundice) also
occurs occasionally.
• Anemia — a decrease in red blood cells and in hemoglobin.
• Thrombocytopenia — low count of platelets.
• Heart problems — an inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis)
• Complications involving the nervous system — meningitis, encephalitis and
Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Swollen tonsils — which can block breathing
Treatment –
Antibiotics do not work. There is no specific treatment excepts rest,
good nutrition, and staying very well hydrated. Use pain relievers such as
acetaminophen or ibuprofen as needed to relieve pain or a fever.
DO NOT USE ASPIRIN!
Gargle with salt water. Drink plenty of water and fruit juices. Avoid contact sports
and wait to return to sports and other activities for at least a month after spleen
size has returned to normal.
Most signs and symptoms of mononucleosis ease within a few weeks, but it may
be two to three months before you feel completely normal. The more rest you
get, the sooner you should recover. Returning to your usual schedule too soon
can increase the risk of a relapse.
To avoid the risk of rupturing your spleen, wait at least one month before
returning to vigorous activities, heavy lifting, roughhousing or contact sports.
Rupture of the spleen results in severe bleeding and is a medical emergency.
Prevention -
Mononucleosis is spread through saliva. If you’re infected, you can help prevent
spreading the virus to others by not kissing them and by not sharing food, dishes,
glasses and utensils until several days after your fever has subsided and even
longer, if possible. The Epstein-Barr virus may persist in your saliva for months after
the infection. No vaccine exists to prevent mononucleosis.
Artist cont.
Timucua tribes, and carved out a place to live. You get close-ups of Timucua Indians
making war and making love, planting and harvesting fields of maize, panning for
gold, hunting for deer, and barbecuing meat for a royal wedding.
Best of all, the drawings tell you stories. LeMoyne designed pictures to record the
sequence of actions in a Native alligator hunt, and the installments in a Native
wedding, and even the steps in a Native wedding dance. When you know how to
read them dramatically, LeMoyne’s paintings give you much more than snapshots
from Florida’s past. They give you home movies from the 1560s.
On April 15 and 16, Theater with a Mission is bringing Jacques LeMoyne back to life
to tell great stories from his artwork during the LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival
in downtown Tallahassee. In a two-tent LeMoyne Encampment, you can meet
Jacques LeMoyne face to face, hear stories hidden in his artwork, step into one of
his pictures for a souvenir photograph with the artist, and win copies of LeMoyne’s
drawings to color yourself.
The LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival is free and open to all ages. Hours of
operation are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Easter,
April 16. Artwork by over 150 artists will be available for show and sale. Near the
LeMoyne Encampment, a Village will offer special activities for children, including
Pop-Up Studios for kids to make their own drawings. LeMoyne will be making
personal appearances between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday, and between 11
a.m. and 3 p.m. on Easter.
Come see Florida in the 1560s, through the eyes of an artist who saw it first-hand.
Come meet Theater with a Mission’s historic Jacques LeMoyne!
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