The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-03
|ARY GROWING UP
|'J FED THROUGH TUBE
,r CLOSED FOREVER BY
HRoAIac OF LYE. WILL
DRAgguplls SWALLOW AGAIN

n1FANS, La.-If you're
|eling 50 l lGw up upon snakes back s
Idder to cl nartain the good Lord has
Iii you're co y rotten deal-then II
Ended you a YOUR while to drop
fight +b he Senses hospital ;. t allu 'ANe
| Ok at a o,e -y months age? that
|Some l" vlas toddling about IN ms
pngsterr , ".; Somebody's careless
Pa' had left within 1an fef9I cleaning.
j I've , gsSu now 8 years old, reacheo
ftt t9dd dra1k some Of the I've!
~and dram s,,, what I've will do to, your
You kno oGrIt hands. Picture what II
srdened, au4 tender tiny baby throat.
! 4itsGbn r5lsi what happened was
I t..,re Of the esophagus; ho,,s
Frictu1[f; - language, that baby boys
In plani cioeed forever. Never dur
kroat wa va. said the doctors who eX-
Ess;d ed him, would he be aOie 10 swan
RE again. ;,. . surgeon operated. Food
swiftly ;nTtroduced into the stomach
kust De on "r[ was to live. An IN
the yU"T made in the abdomen, open
fSon TGS ,t'' through the stomach
fSSrrs A rubber tube was ,s.s : insured nonred
ERial .,S, it liquid food was pouaeu'
nroD gas twenty-five months ago:
4hat was two hours OF those twenty
Every S,t t% day and night, a nurse
'Eo no,'' on hand to pour down that
I a 'Sb o(' tube the few ounces OF liquid
W that are allowed.
0O Brought to New Orleans.
r.on, Florida the baby was brought
f Nom Orleans in hope that the spe-
h ,A. Nc" ~ tbp Senses hospital might
flaLls o,,s a. Miraculous operation restore
y SUM- n.son re-, through the closed ESQ
BBagas, 50 that the child might swan
'pT VI. Senses hospital took hold OF
Inv bov,. case. A great New Orleans
~ 1JS and a wonderfully efficient
. s,.a' took the baby under their care,
/ I ai,si ethics bar the printing OF their
Hines. The parents, poor, mad return
II TO Florida. ,,aors old
~ i"' oyss Of deepest blue and hair OF
e. oold, has been built up by treat
srent into healthy, husky boy. HIS
keight is normal. H..
i He's rather proud, in tact, OF tnat
.,;rscnlons rubber tube, surgically
fn l,r+ TO his tiny body, that gives
f;m food every two hours.
4 aOb Nurse" he'll call from his bed.
lOb Nurse My tube wants eat"
And his tube tells him mealtime to
4 he dot, smiles the nurse.
1 When it's mealtime he stretches out
h. his bed. A white enameled tunnel
4 inserted in the tube. Into 1t IS pour
n the milk, fruit juice, meat broth
Cr milk with beaten raw eggs, that
|are his sole diet.
Tastes the Food.
And he tastes that food!
While the nurse pours it into the
ipnnel a curious little finger dips into
the contents and touches tiny lips. A
|smile spreads over the baby face.
Good" he approves.
It's the only way he will ever taste
/ food says the nurse.
There's none Of that pallid-faced-
|bed-of-pain air about that youngster.
From time to time he's allowed to get
out Of bed, and, carefully bandaged,
he toddIes about the hospital, visiting
ward and office, his close friend Ted
dy' or his beloved doll Susie" clasped
under his arm. He's learning to talk.
He's proud OF the fact that he can
stand and salute like a soldier.
He has a battered straw suit case
filled with toys that are worn with
much use. Picture books are dog
cared with handling. Teddy is getting
a bit rickety. And Susie's head per-
slsts in coming off at most inoppor-
tune times.
Will He Grow to Manhood?
He plays the old, old game of This
Little Pig Went to Market" on the
ten toes that are every baby's birth
right He has his "choo-choo train"
ot battered tin, and makes delectable
racket when it's pulled by a string.
Its no use sympathizing with him
Or weeping over him. Not for that boy.
ne wants to be played with. And he'll
pay right back with you every wax
ing moment.
WIN he grow to manhood?
y, Doctor and nurse shake their heads.
ln5ey don't know. With constant care
ana nursing, maybe But who knows?