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Sensormedics Neonatal High Frequency Oscillation Ventilator
Baby on respirator. Daily Herald: Jeremy Fraser is more than lucky that he was born July 19, 1988. He’s alive today because of it; and because Utah Valley Regional Medical Center has a new machine called the Sensormedics Neonatal High Frequency Oscillation Ventilator, one of only six in the country. If the tiny russet-haired infant had been born two years or even two months earlier, he probably wouldn’t have lived. His survival is due, in part, to the fund-raising efforts of Ken and Shannon Shepherd who spearheaded efforts through the Central Utah Health Care Foundation to raise the money needed to buy the machine. The Shepherds, along with money donated, raised $18,000 to buy the hospital the oscillator after their son, Mathew died in 1987. Doctors believe the Shepherds’ son might have lived if a high-frequency oscillator had been available in Provo. The nearest oscillator was in Texas where the child was flown, but he was on the machine too late to save his life. 
Daily Herald: Jeremy Fraser is more than lucky that he was born July 19, 1988. He’s alive today because of it; and because Utah Valley Regional Medical Center has a new machine called the Sensormedics Neonatal High Frequency Oscillation Ventilator, one of only six in the country. If the tiny russet-haired infant had been born two years or even two months earlier, he probably wouldn’t have lived. His survival is due, in part, to the fund-raising efforts of Ken and Shannon Shepherd who spearheaded efforts through the Central Utah Health Care Foundation to raise the money needed to buy the machine. The Shepherds, along with money donated, raised $18,000 to buy the hospital the oscillator after their son, Mathew died in 1987. Doctors believe the Shepherds’ son might have lived if a high-frequency oscillator had been available in Provo. The nearest oscillator was in Texas where the child was flown, but he was on the machine too late to save his life. 
Baby on respirator. Daily Herald: Jeremy Fraser is more than lucky that he was born July 19, 1988. He’s alive today because of it; and because Utah Valley Regional Medical Center has a new machine called the Sensormedics Neonatal High Frequency Oscillation Ventilator, one of only six in the country. If the tiny russet-haired infant had been born two years or even two months earlier, he probably wouldn’t have lived. His survival is due, in part, to the fund-raising efforts of Ken and Shannon Shepherd who spearheaded efforts through the Central Utah Health Care Foundation to raise the money needed to buy the machine. The Shepherds, along with money donated, raised $18,000 to buy the hospital the oscillator after their son, Mathew died in 1987. Doctors believe the Shepherds’ son might have lived if a high-frequency oscillator had been available in Provo. The nearest oscillator was in Texas where the child was flown, but he was on the machine too late to save his life. -
Ann Taylor, alleged kidnapper
Daily Herald: John Max Taylor, the 80-year-old husband of Ann Taylor was unable to appear friday to give a deposition. Mr. Taylor was allegedly kidnapped one year ago by his wife and held for two days against his will. Trial for the kidnapping is presently set for Sept. 12 and 13. Friday, Ann Taylor was indignant about the absence of John Taylor. “I knew they were going to do this,” she declared. “I knew they would never let me see my husband.” Mrs. Taylor has maintained throughout the past year that John Taylor went with her willingly on the two-day “honeymoon” through Utah to Colorado. Deputy County Attorney Charlene Barlow explained that allegations made “by someone” that Taylor was being mistreated and held at his sister’s home against his will prompted a visit from Protective Services representative Leo Vance. That visit “stirred him all up again” and caused a decline in Taylor’s already poor health, said Barlow. “For that reason we must cancel the deposition for today.” Ann and John Taylor were married and lived together in New York for 25 years until a year before the kidnapping incident.
