A dilemma on Orchid Island
Authors: K Weber
Journal: Cardiovascular Research (1999)

Ah, Indian River country,'' remarked Theodore Conrad Sy glanced from the roadway over at Joyce, who like as he drove the car rental southward to Vero Beach.himself was caught up in thought, her eyes shielded by ''Our favorite vacation spot,'' affirmed Elizabeth.iridescent sunglasses.He marveled at her beauty.Her ''I was just thinking about a potential public health short, sleeveless white sundress was speckled with light conundrum that might take place in this part of the world,'' blue periwinkles, and whether flowers or snails, it created a added Theodore.ravishing image for Sy -one he savored for some minutes.''Tell us about it,'' pleaded Thaddeus and AlexandraThe water tower and Wabasso tackle shop ahead alerted from the back seat.Sy to the fact that the left turn to Orchid Island was ''With pleasure....'' imminent.Heading eastward on Route 510, the Lavins drove past orchards of recently ripened citrus fruit delayed At the wheel of his new silver Volvo sat Seymour Lavin.by an unexpected November frost.Joyce carefully crossed Sy and his new bride, Joyce, were headed south on US 1 to her tanned, slender legs for an intended effect.She shifted their new home in Orchid Island.They had just left the effortlessly to face Sy.Sitting up straight, she murmured, Blue Gull Marina in Sebastian, where they had enjoyed a ''Sweetie, look at these luscious grapefruits.I've been told lunch of charbroiled shrimp over endive with balsamic-they're so healthy for you.''based vinaigrette and a bottle of their favorite California ''Yeah,'' stammered Sy, stealing a glance over at his Chardonnay.With the solitude provided by closed win-wife.Quickly recovering, he added, ''You remember Sid dows and the stereo featuring a Mozart concerto, Sy and Schwartz, my internist back in Hyde Park?He told me Joyce each quietly contemplated the future.Sy had a new grapefruit juice would lower my cholesterol and improve lease on life, a new bride and a new home.He had finally my bad to good lipids.He called them the ratio of low to come to grips with the loss of Ruth, his first wife, and her high density lipoproteins.''painful battle with the ravages of metastatic breast car-''Sy, we should make it a habit to drink freshly squeezed cinoma.For more than a year after Ruth's passing in 1994, grapefruit juice whenever we can,'' added Joyce.''The Sy had been severely depressed, seemingly lost without his new pink variety is sweet yet tart.Let's replace the OJ we soulmate and partner.He had been unable to concentrate have at breakfast, and with our late afternoon screwdrivers.on his successful real estate business in Chicago.He barely And Indian River County is a major producer of citrus coped with life.However, his grief had been assuaged 18 fruit.We're so fortunate to live here and have citrus months later when he met 31-year-old Joyce through a available nearly year round.We can have it shipped to mutual friend.A physical therapist, Joyce was bright, Chicago when we're back in our lakefront condo.''vivacious and sensitive.Her attentiveness, engaging per-Sy braked at the flashing stoplight and then maneuvered sonality and feminine charms had restored Sy's peace of the Volvo onto A1A.Soon thereafter, the Lavins reached mind, and he felt like a young man again.Sy and Joyce their plush beachfront estate.Their property was bounded were married on December 15, 1996, and chose to spend by Sabal palms and pine trees, and as they came up the their winter months at their new home on the shores of driveway, their lawn of thick, recently cut zoysia grass was Orchid Island in central Florida.They quickly assimilated dotted with blooming hibiscus that offered a cornucopia of themselves into the community, and by now were well colors: pink, red, yellow and peach flowers.Their one-acre known by their neighbors and acquaintances at the marina, beachfront estate provided an excellent view of the ocean the food market and pharmacy.with its ever-changing shapes and sounds, and was com