Dad and Mom get a Baby Girl but Not Without Complications

After my dad was drafted in WWII, he was sent to Texas for training. Mom went back to CA fo work at the aircraft plant. In late March of 1942, Mom joined Dad in Texas. She rented a room there. Dad visited her often when he could get leave. Mom suffered appendicitis and had surgery. She had a terrible recovery period and during this time, she found out she pregnant with me. They were going to wait to have a family but they had decided it would be nice for Mom to have a baby when Dad went overseas so she could have company.

In the summer, Mom went back to Fairview. Dad was stationed in LA. Mom had was terribly sick during her pregnancy. I was due January 20. Dad was able to get leave on January 10 and barely made it to Mt Pleasant where I was born on January 11, 1944.
7 pounds 8 OZ. Mom had a very long and hard labor. Dad did not get the boy he wanted. In those days they made women stay flat on their backs after the baby was born. They did this because they thought women would bleed to death if they did not stay down. After 10 days, they sent Mom home. She told them that she had a very bad pain in her left side but they sent her home anyway. Complications came about for both Mom and me that would change things for the rest of our lives
.....to be continued.