near death

black cat
I had a miscarriage and got an infection in one of my tubes and had to have an operation to remove that infected tube. As Bud was taking me to Salt Lake City, a black cat cross in front of the car, I wanted Bud to take me back home; he would not do it. We went on into Salt Lake City and I had my operation. I almost died.

near death experience
My sprit left my body; I was looking down at my body. I could hear the most beautiful music, and it was so peaceful there, (There are no words to explain how peaceful it was and how beautiful the music was.) and I did not want to leave. Then I heard papa saying, "hold your tongue up Katy, hold your tongue up”. (Papa was in Rangely, about 500 miles away.) Then I would work real hard to get my tongue up and I would see this angle, she was wiping my forehead. That happened two times before I stayed in my body.

When I woke up, a nurse was standing over me; I said to her are you my angle, she said that she was no angle, but she had been wiping my forehead. Then I asked for papa, they said that nobody had been there and I said yes there were, papa was sitting by my bed. I got real excited and they had to calm me down and they said that they would go look for papa. Jennie and Ferry came in, and the first thing that Ferry said was, I sure thought that black cat had got you.

need caring for
Edith and Bill were to take care of the children, while I was in the hospital. I was in there for 10 days. They were to make sure Johnny and Toots got to school. Take care of the house, etc. Bill walks off and left Edith there and he went to Calif. She stayed about three days, then she took off and that left Bud to take care of the kids. He was not very good at taking care of children.

The doctor said that he would let me out of the hospital if Jennie would let me stay there with her, she said yes. The doctor said that I needed to stay in bed and he wanted someone to take care of me. When Jennie came and picked me up from the hospital, she did not take me to her place; she took me home to Toole. When I got home I find the house dirty, the dishes had not been done. The first three days after I got home, I had Bud clean the house, do the dishes. I was to go back to Salt Lake City in 5 days for a check up on my operation. The checkup was good and the doctor released me. And I went back to Toole.