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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, August 1942

1942-08-01 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 1

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817-19 St S.E. Cedar Rapids Iowa August 1, 1942 Dearest, Dr John said Mother's chest sounds better when he listens to it. The pulse is about the same. He would say she was just holding her own. The heart is that good because of the digitalis and quinadine. The x-ray showed a big mass of tissue on the right side and by the heart. There was a shadow on the left side indicating fluid but he could not say how much as the shadow was covered partly by something else (I forget what). He said to tell you he was sorry he couldn't state the life expectancy. If you want to come
 
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