BlairAndCernyFamilie..

'The surgeons, Ooctors tlilliam and Charles H. Hayo and Doctor Judd
aked hinn to return to the clinic sornetime during the month of June
:o be re-exarnined so that they could check on his irprovernent and
rnr he was feeling. He nent back to the clinic in June after he
ttl.ad gained considerable nrrre strength. The doctors scheduled more
$rrgery. He entered St. l{aryrs hospital and they performed
colostoffiy suqlery. This time he went to l{innesota alone. This
surgery was not as serious as the first operation and he made a
f,ast recoveF/r
?re cost for our fatherrs surgery was $71000.00 and this was a lot
of qpney in 1927 especially since the price for the croPs raised
rcre minimal at this time. Our parents paid on this great bill
faithfully for several years. One day they received a letter from
tne clinic and hospitat saying to consider the bill paid even
tnouEh there was still a balance due of several hundred dollars.
fur parents were absolutely overjoyed and our mother inmediately
rmote them a gracious thank you letter.
*en you go through the clinic and entered as a patient at the
.ro.soi tal your i ntegri ty is thoroughly checked. Thi s i s done
=r'otrgh the bank, court house and any references you gave thern.
later checking these places I guess they knew that our parents
*ere honest people but did not have a lot of money. Also, this
xas the beginning of the depression years.
: think our father was a most brave and courageous person to have
erdured all of the surgery he went through and the inconvenience
c; the colostomy. It put him in many an awkward position but he
irved with this for the rest of his lifetime.
ru died June 24, 1956 of a heart attack. He was 74 years old.
Theresa Blair in Rochester, Hinnesota in l9Z7