Sunday, April 23, 1972
Cloudy, dreary day. I done regular work. Carmen helped.
Carmen took a shower. Betty brought Zak up about 10 this morning. I was kind of
late in getting up. Took a bath, got breakfast. Betty got back from Portland
about 2:45 PM. Kim was okay, glad see Betty. Dorothea going in this evening,
when she got there another little girl was in there and she and Kim were having
a good time. She wasn’t so lonely as last night so Dorothea told Betty after
she got home. The astronauts left the moon tonight. Es and Cliff were here.
Carmen was sick last night in the night. She went home tonight.
Monday, April 24, 1972
I done my regular work. Bill down to Gordon’s. Zak up here.
I went down to Betty’s in late p.m. with Zak. Betty said when she got home from
seeing Kim she was quite nervous, showing it in a peculiar way. Dorothea went
with Betty. Betty came home with Walt. Left her car at Dorothea’s. This is been
a very tense long day for all. Tomorrow night at this time I will be over. In
evening Fern and Lloyd called, also Betty and Zak called.
Tuesday, April 25, 1972 KIMBERLY ALLIE BOUTILIER HORTON
Today at 11:30 AM Kimberly went to the operating room on the
fifth floor of the new wing in the Maine Medical Center for Open Heart Surgery.
At 2:30 she came from the operating room to the sixth floor to the intensive
care unit. She was a very sick little girl and in some pain. The operation was
a success, now if all goes well for the next 24 hours she will be okay. Her
congestive heart failure was discovered at the age of three months. She has
been in and out of hospitals ever since. In last few years she has been better
and able to attend or start her schooling. It has been a day to long be remembered
in our families. Dorothea, Joy, Betty and Walt were with her at the hospital.
Fern, Esther and I stayed with Zak at Betty’s. We cleaned kitchen cupboards and
worked like hell to keep busy. Carmen went to school.
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