tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458184164864262214.post4775428692972845728..comments2023-04-06T09:33:57.546-04:00Comments on Are My Roots Showing?: Sentimental Sunday - Richard Raymond SloweyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626456511113834140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458184164864262214.post-75734054734711381722011-10-11T09:41:23.422-04:002011-10-11T09:41:23.422-04:00Heather, it is sad to realize that some of what we...Heather, it is sad to realize that some of what we consider relaitively minor diseases were deadly back then. Thank goodness for medical science!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626456511113834140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458184164864262214.post-27631805486781453522011-10-11T09:15:11.866-04:002011-10-11T09:15:11.866-04:00I just read an account like this of my grandfather...I just read an account like this of my grandfather's brother, who died at age 7 of diabetes. At first we all panicked, but there seems to be no other cases of childhood diabetes in the family. In 1911 there was no cure for diabetes, just like there was no cure for leukemia for Dickie.Heather Wilkinson Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458184164864262214.post-49260763716981053732011-10-09T08:21:16.841-04:002011-10-09T08:21:16.841-04:00It's a very sad story, must have had been supe...It's a very sad story, must have had been super hard on the family.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212198027559506353noreply@blogger.com