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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Dicken memories and fomentations

Rosie,

not share, to mention a memory and then not share, nobody on here
bites, at least not real bad and the biters have all received their
shots.

I was very young, about 1974 I suppose, when Lorena was a big help to
my mother.

Mom, Marjorie Philpott, had a number of health struggles over the
years. I suspect now days it would be called, chronic fatigue, that
catch all term that means... we have no idea the problem, but we are
pleased to give it a name. Anyway.

Lorena and Wilmer were over at CVI it seems every couple weeks and
she would help my mother with fomentations, hot and cold rubs and
various vitamin B potions as I remember. As a kid Lorena always
seemed older then her years yet she had energy most of the time. I
know that raising the family and dry farming at 5,000 feet must have
taken a toll over the years.

Moving from Dickens to others that fooled with natural remedies over
the years.

When I was about eight or nine I got real sick with some sort of
fever and several of the ladies helped my Mom with fomentations on
me. I seem to remember Sr Block and Sr Kulisek, but I was the sick
one.. (wow, I think of those names and SISTER just pops up in front
of them after all these years) I do not know exactly what was done
wrong but I got way over heated, they were doing hot fomentations and
no one was taking my temp and I got very hot before someone
remembered to check my temp. I am told my temp was up in the high
105-106F range longer then it should have been.

This episode may account for any number of issues and problems I have
had over the years.

Approving of many of the actions of Bill Clinton
Approving of many of the actions of George Bush
Driving an SUV
Four wheeling 126 miles to the north rim of the Grand Canyon and then
parking on the rim
Having a son
Continuing to be an Adventist
Considering the possibility that the earth is older then 10,000 years.
Adult weight gain
Fear of hot wool towels removed from an oven and sprinkled with water.
Many many issues
craig

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