The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

October 27 - 30, 1982 Poppa Gets Another Transfusion, Billie Home From Hospital

 

Wednesday, October 27, 1982 Bill got more blood

 

A beautiful day. I didn’t do much except the regular work. I was going to take a walk down to Betty’s but she had company. Bill went to the doctors about 11:30 AM. Had a blood transfusion and didn’t get home until very late. About 6:30 PM. Dorothea came down and she ate supper. Bill ate at the hospital. Bill was very weak and got exhausted when he went to the barn. No blood.

 

 

 

Thursday, October 28, 1982 Billie came home

 

A nice mild day. We went to town, Dorothea, Delores and I. Betty went to Portland to get Billie. Bill is a lot better since he got his blood. Billie is glad to be home. His hip is still bad (lame) but the veins are better. I hope he don’t have to have more problems but I am afraid he might. Also his sugar is bad. He walked down through the field and did some chores.

 

 

 

Friday, October 29, 1982

 

A nice day. I done up the work and did a dite of washing. I watched soaps. Billie raking and cleaning up the yard. Bill quite a bit better since he got the blood.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 30, 1982

 

A nice sunny day. I got breakfast, done up most of the work. David and Dorothea called and also Kim was here. She had breakfast. Kim had been down to school for her first drivers road test. They all stayed till about 10:30 or so. Kim’s legs swollen. Billie about the same. His hens are laying pretty good now. Susan and Monica called also this morning. Betty mowed the leaves up. Also Kim and Zak raked them. She also chopped some for Billie. Zak away for all night down to Peter Rogers.

 

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