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y0-t,0L-i-eI.ehL-Lt,*h* r iwiwa? Mnot unrf*a«on«my,YearPassesOfValiantBattleJDorothyStillHasAgainstHerChinDorothy Dublin is coming back.Saturday she’s coming back home, another victory in her conquest for restored health and activity behind her, Dorothy has been in Lubbock where she underwent surgery for a kidney involvement, one in a series of serious ailments that have plagued her since a year ago today when she received the heaviest blow of her life.That was when doctors shook their heads and confirmed their worst suspicions. The pretty young bank clerk, looking forward to vacation plans and marriage, had(fallen victim to Infantile paralysis.Steadily the paralysis crept up her body, nearer and nearer her heart and lungs. Her breathing became labored and threatened tostop. State highway patrolmenIllnessUp’jCkared the way while an unsung i trucker raced against time to bring an iron lung here from Kermit.Dorothy was put into it, but still the paralysis worked toward her heart. But the science of drugs, the skill of doctors and her determination won Just when it seemed hope was lost. Dorothjr survived herfirst critical taatLater she was taken to El Paso in the mechanical lung, electricians making a series of hook ups to guard against any possibility of power failure enroute. At the Southwestern General Hospital In El Paso, she gradually responded to treatment and physicians were encouraged. None of them more than Dorothy.So steady was her Improvement that in a few months she was taken from the lung for short periods, and gradually she grew stronger.Her strength showed signs of returning, and Dorothy worked hard at the Job. She was able to get around a little with aid of braces, crutches. Then the shadow moved across her again.The kidney involvement became so serious that friends despaired.I Dorothy wouldn't give up. She had come a long way, and she was determined to go on. And she did.But this wasn’t all. Pneumonia attacked her weakened body. This, doctors and others feared, was theend. Again they had failed to few Ml** M/BLUf, Pag. I
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Big Spring Daily Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1940
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