Earleen Allen Francis Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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Q. %at ms the hospital like?
A. It wm an old, old haae, down near the city square. It had been
tmmd into a hospital. The population in the town at that tim m s
8,000, I can' t give you the exact year that happened.
Q. Cgre their roam like hospital roam are n m or *re they mre like
hdrocpls?
A. 'Ihey ere nme like bedroans.
Q. Wmt was their operating roan like?
A. Well, they had an operating table, I ramher. I r&r being put
on it.
Q. Mat kind of anesthetic did you have?
Q. 'Ihey put a cone over your face?
A. Yes. 'Ihere ms just that one nurse and she had aides doing the rest
of the things. She had people doing the laundry and cleaning the place.
Q. h t
was it like having ether. k s it irritating?
A. No, 'I wnt right to sleep.
Q. ELrw did you feel after the surgery?
Q. You w e
not sick to your stcrnach or anything?
A. I didn't & any vmiting. Of course I didn't have any breakfast
before T mt in there, so my stcmach w s empty.
Q. They just to& you £ran ha^ right into the surgery? Did you spend a
night in the hospital fixst?
A. No, I Ent into a rmn and was undressed. They wited until the next
mming because I had eaten. They =re afraid that I a t choke and
tky d d have to do a tracheotcmy. That's what happens when patients
are asleep and spit up food. It is very dangerous.
Q. Were yau frightened?
A.. No, I think I ms too sick to be frightened.
Q. Psad then afterwards you felt fine?