Dr. Quick was Mary Blood (our father's step-mother's) father. He was the attending physican for our grandfather Roscoe. In this letter to Roy Blood, Roscoe's brother, he tells of the suffering of Roscoe's last days. Though we never knew him, we mourn at his pain and wish we could have all been there to comfort him.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Letter from Dr. Quick about Roscoe Blood
Dr. Quick was Mary Blood (our father's step-mother's) father. He was the attending physican for our grandfather Roscoe. In this letter to Roy Blood, Roscoe's brother, he tells of the suffering of Roscoe's last days. Though we never knew him, we mourn at his pain and wish we could have all been there to comfort him.
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One wonders what a doctor today would say about these symptoms. It sounds like more than kidneys.
When we first went to Fort Collins in the early 1950s, the house that Dr. Quick had lived in was still standing. A jungle of growth had sprung up around it, and I don't know whether it was lived in or whether it is still standing.
So that would have been where Roscoe died?
This letter is so difficult to read. His symptoms sound so very familiar to the symptoms of a man who lived in the Ward and just passed away. His diagnose was End Stage Renal Failure. The pain, the sores, etc. were incredible.
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