Just Continuing

My Daddy got the mumps while we lived on 7th Street. I can't remember just how old he was, but he was old enough for it to be dangerous for him. I remember Dr. MacLennon told him to really take it easy. He was not to talk loud, talk on the phone or even call out a greeting to a neighbor walking down the street. I know he was miserable and we all were so worried about him, but he did okay and got over them normally.

I remember when Judy was probably 4 or 5 years old, she was the cutest little girl, long brown/blond hair and Mamma kept it in pigtails.One day Mamma decided to cut her hair. Judy started bawling, crying her eyes out!!!! We thought it was because she did not want it shorter. But, we found out when she said, "No!No! don't cut it, it will bleed!" We all laughed at her and that made her cry more for being laughed at.

My Grandmo and Grandpa Wise lived just around the corner on Maude Avenue, so we were over there most everyday. My Grandmo was confined to bed because of her health and being blind. But we still had lots of visits with them.

This part of my story is a little personal, but an important part of my growing up. I always had trouble with my "monthlies". I was very irregular but sometimes for months on end, I would bleed some every day, not much, but enough that I had to wear a "sanitary napkin/kotex" for weeks on end. Let met tell you the "sanitary napkins" were very different from what is available today. Like walking and sitting with a corn cob between  your legs. Sometimes I bled heavily!! Never knowing when I would have a monthly I had to always be prepared for it. I  remember going to a 4-H rally somewhere and we went on a bus. So I wore a gathered skirt and had a "sanitary napkin pinned underneath my skirt "just in case. Then after I started working for Dr. Burgess, one day I went to the bathroom and I was hemorrhaging very heavily. I don't remember how I told anyone, but there were two doctors in the same building, so I must have told one of the nurses as Dr. MacLennon sent me home to bed and his nurse came to the house every day and gave me a shot for at least 2 weeks and the bleeding finally stopped. I missed midterm exams and had to take them later. Made the only D that I had ever made. If I remember, they let me take that test over (it was in economics) . I always made all A's with a B once in a while. I don't know what I made, but it kept me in my status as a Beta Club member. When I got into algebra, the best I could do was C's. Never could get algebra although I had always made A's in math.
Next I will tell how I wound up working for Dr. Burgess.