One more story about the old days!!

[Guest guest]

Here is one more story of the old days...In 1962 (6th grade) when I had my first

Harrington

Rod surgery, they didn't have intercoms, but did have those big reel to reel

tape recorders.

My teacher would tape my classes, give the take to my brother on the bus, and

then I would

listen to it the next day, and then send it back. My mother had been a teacher,

so between

Mom and the school, I was able to continue on with my class. I had another

surgery in 1964,

and I'm kind of a blank on that, but they passed me, so I must have done ok!!

My mom sure

had her hands full being both my caretaker and teacher...I have a newspaper

article around

here somewhere about my surgery...big news in Iowa....so I'll see if I can find

it and post it.