The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05

(Continued from Page 1.) ist in chiIdren's diseases, would have charge of the post-operative stage of Alyce's case.
 Relatives were hopeful that Alyce's brave spirit - as demon- strated when she gaily sang, "Thc Man on the Flying Trapeze", as she entered the operating room yester- day - would carry her through to recovery. Her mother, Mrs Louella McHenry, and an aunt, Mrs Loren Nelson of O'Neill, Nebraska, were at the bedside.
 Alyce was being fed one ounce of water with a teaspoon every IS or 30 minutes. Since l a. m. she has been able to retain this water. Doctors said it was too early to determine how long she would have to remain on the water diet.
 After the operation Alyce was given one hypodermic injection but no opiates were administered dur ing the night.
 She had an uncomfortable night, as was expected in view of the profound changes in positions of LCI ihtVAhoA Vl6dHSS dAu SiVPL fitfully.
 Very Restless Night
 Her nurse reported she spent restless night, sleeping very little. Her spirits, however, remained high. She was cheerful and smil- ing.
 Mrs Lucia McHenry. Alyce Jane's mother, remained constant ly at the bedside, praying that the little patient would win her fight to live and become a normal girl.
 The first part of the fight was won through the skilled hands of the surgeon. Dr Philemon E. Trues- dale, famous specialist in dia- phragmatic hernia, in a long and involved operation yesterday, transferred her stomach, spleen, and intestinal track from the chest cavity where they had been since birth, to the abdominal cav- ity.
 The remainder of the fight is up to Alyce. If her stout little heart can cope with the post operation period when the transferred or- gans may cause a condition of ex- treme shock, she has an excellent chance to live. The crisis will como within the next 4S hours.
 Is Not Near Death
 Nurses on duty at Truesdale hos pital explained that the word "precarious" used to describe the chiid's condition did not mean she was at deaths door. It meant, they explained, that not enough time had passed since the opera tion for pronounced trend to show either way.
 Dr Truesdale had. not expected to complete all of the necessary encouragement of Alyce's organs in one operation, but once she was on the table he saw the necessity of such a course. For two hours and 20 minutes his dexterious fingers cased in rubber gloves worked through the incision from the left side of the chest to the left side of the back, carefully guiding vital organs into the containers nature provided for them. Forty-five sur geons watched one of the most skilled of their craft perform an operation that only few surgeons have either the courage or the skill to attempt.
 Buttermilk Given Her
 Buttermilk was fed to little Alyce Jane McHenry today as doc tors strove to fortify the 10-year- old Omaha girl for her long siege of recovery from yesterdays dam gerous operation in which her up- side-down stomach was righted.
 A bulletin issued shortly after Il a. m. read:
 "Alyce's condition is unchanged. piration or temperature. She has been having a few sips of water and has just started taking tea spoonful doses of buttermilk.
 (Signed)
 "Dr George c. King.
 "Dr William Mason"