Show j I I i I I I DIARY OF NURSE OF-NURSE NURSE JOHNS JOHNSON N ON I THE OBSTETRICAL CASE OF I MRS JOHN ALDEN S I J PRESCOTT I i Here I 1 am am on the case I II I have had Was Vas called a month ago agoto to this hotel on emergency and I found Mrs Prescott delirious ConvulsIons Convulsions Convulsions Con Con- seemed Imminent Fortunately Dr Guy Seldon was l already on the Job and already dy heI he I had diagnosed the case as poisoning When I 1 arrived the arran arrangements ments had all b ben been n made to move the patient to 0 o the hospital for an emergency operation Mrs 1 Prescott I was vas unconscious The operation was successful and Mrs IrR Prescott was delivered of an pound eight boy and for ma mary many y days I she was in a ver very serious condition part of the time in coma and part of ot the time delirious On the twenty-fifth twenty day aft after r theop the op operation however she took a turn for the better and at her her- earnest request was brought back to this hotel notel There were two other nurses on the Job besides myself and the hotel is overrun with specialists I with New York and Johns Hopkins i I who ho were called in consultation If the boy has as much fuss made I over him lm all his life as he has up to toI date he ought to be emperor o of ot the I world by the time he is 30 At first It looked as though in j I II spite of f everything Mr Mrs Prescott I would O. O die but principally through I t the lie care of Dr Seldon s she e is n now how 1 p practically on th the the wa way say to to e recovery recovery- These people must be ImmenselY I wealthy for there thre is a regular army of friends nurses and high priced specialists staying stayn at this hotel I 11 I heard one chambermaid id say to theother theother the theother other this morning that Mr Prescott Prescott Prescott Pres Pres- cott had rented the te who whole e ninth floor loor S SI I I I have never in all an iny hy life Ufe seen mone money spent so lavishly and yet et I 1 Iam I. I am sure none of t tIm m is an any hap- hap I j 1 pier iler 11 than r. r In fact I do not think j I Mrs I s P Prescott escott for w whom o all II this is Gone clone is particularly nappy happy She lias luts such a wistful look in her eves eyes eye and I h have ve never nevel- seen een her smile except when she looked at her new now bab baby oz or her glorious older boy I whom she seems to worship We Ve nurses see ee a lot more things j I I in the lives JIves of those we take care of ot I during their illness than Just the i f physical aspect of the case I find here in the first place there is a peculiar restraint between Mrs i I I j j I I j I I I i f i Prescott and her ller husband Her Herey ey eye follow him when she thinks he i Isn't nt looking with devotion and anel anelhe the he tries to be ver very tender sweet to her lIe He is a very good looking man and everyone e him but hut I 1 imagine that he ne of tHose f males malel that depends largely upon I his physical magnetism for his popI pop pop- I He lie didn't get here hele until after alter t the e operation and although lie Ale seemed almost crazed with anxiety I 1 could see th it Mrs Irs Burke Durke who is is Mrs Prescott's very intimate friend andi and antI who is hero here with her is 11 n not Jt sold on him to any great extent Cop Copyright right 1925 NEA Service Inc Tomorrow Tomorrow This This diary continued I |