The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-13
No TulnOr Is
Found In Brain
OF Baby Jasper
No Operation
Needed Now;
Baby's Sight
Still Uncertain
BY DOROTHY RAYMER


! A story which began on a note
of doom, spun out on a thin
thread of hope, has today scared
into a song of life. Definite word
has been received in the case of
Baby Jasper Walker who was
/ condemned to die four months
ago. He has no brain tumor. He
will live. Whether or not he viii
| see normally depends on medical
| science.
! A series of kilograms received
here established the facts in the
case.
A local physician instrumental
in getting little Jasper to the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mimi,
had word yesterday from the ex-
amining specialist there. The
wire stated: mo tumor found in
slides. viii do air studies to-
morrow. Complete report later"
This morning, the air studies
had been done, and Charles Blum
dell, president of the Key West
Shrine Club which is acting as
coordinating unit for alerted Key
West citizens who took active
part in help for the baby, re-
ceived a more detailed message
sent by Mrs. Jasper Walker now
with her child in Rochester.
II read: mo operation need.
| cd right now. X.rsys show air
chamber and everything In head
normal. However baby will
need operation when he is Two
years old for placing plate
where bone was renewed from
skull in first operation done
months ago.l More tests being
made TO determine lust what Is
wrong and can be done. xEays
show . miracle for ! saw fhe
others and know that every
thing was out Of place four
months ego. Wonderful what
prayer can DE- MsH Gods sieh.
EST blessings be upon xeu end
81 HE others who made II pcs.
sible."
Wires were also sent to- the
baby's maternal grandmother.
Mrs. Norcisa, and TO this reporter
telling the good news in brief.
The local doctor who examined
the baby a few weeks ago and
relayed his finding to the Mayo
Clinic, said that the final treat
ment for the child can only be
determined after all the diagnos-
tic examinations are completed.
The current examination has to
do with four tiny openings in the
head. The spinal fluid circulates
through the brain through these
and il Is necessary to find out
which opening is blocked. There
may be a chance that pressure
released in this instance win i'm.
prove Baby Jasper even further.
His inability to see correctly is
probably due to adhesion Of It's
sue to the optic nerve. The ad-
hesion itself was possibly caused
by Inflammation Of the brain
Governing during an attack Of
meningitis which occurred when
the child was only two months
old. He Is Just six months old
now. Medical science advances
rapidly. There is a chance that
even the blindness is a temporary
condition.
And there Is faith. A moth
er's faith and intuition made
Mrs. Walker refuse to give up
when she was told Baby Jasper
should be taken home 10 die.
From there on. neighbors be-
gan a collection to send the baby
to New York hospital for fur
| Their treatment because Mrs.
Walker believed her son could be
helped. At that time, she said
she would not give up, although
| advised by Miami hospitals that
the case was hopeless. The
baby had gained weight and was
resting normally for a child his
age.
She had al infuifiva feeling
i that he could live.
A young sailor, Bill Miller.
| from tire USS Gilmore. learned
az TIE case and came "a TIE