673 3/6/1951 Helen Carlson to Sadie Erwin

Helen Carlson 4008 Randall Avenue, St. Louis Park, Minneapolis 16, Minnesota Tuesday, March 06, 1951

Sadie Erwin Box 44, Enumclaw, Washington

Dear Folks, I wasn’t able to get over to see Mrs. Reed yesterday as it was too cold out but I called her the first thing in the morning and she is working for Davy. I’m sure his skin is getting lighter every day and his eyes look better. Elmer thinks so too. We were feeling pretty good about it and then when Elmer came home from work tonight he said the doctor had called him at the office and told him how serious it was again. He had talked to all kinds of specialists and University doctors and everyone and they want to open Davy up and see what is causing the obstruction. Now that has scared us all over again and Elmer doesn’t want Davy cut open any more than I want that to be so Elmer said I better get him well in a hurry. Elmer is up against more of a brick wall than I am because he doesn’t want Davy cut but still he can’t put his faith in C.S. I’ll talk to Mrs. Reed again tomorrow and tell her to keep on with the work. She has some very good ideas I think. She said not to tell my neighbors, at least she said she didn’t think it necessary that I say anything about having Science help for Davy because they would be quick to criticize. She said too not to give Elmer the impression we were trying to make a Christian Scientist out of him because that will take care of itself and right now all we’re to do is get Davy out of this. You should have seen him today. He is feeling at home again and he laughed every time I looked at him and he is so good and tonight Elmer noticed his cheeks had a little color in them. This ailment of his is supposed to kill the red corpuscles so he has no color except the yellow color, but his cheeks were definitely rosy tonight. Tomorrow I am invited over to Jan’s for lunch but the temperature is supposed to go down to 10 below tonight and if it does I think it will be too cold to take Davy out and besides the car won’t start if it gets that cold. Everyone is ready to leave this state after putting in such a cold long winter. I had a cute letter from Sandy yesterday. I’m goad she is getting along so nicely now. The weather must be nice out there because she said her Dad and Bernice were out in the back yard practicing golf. It will be a long time before there is any golfing done here. I talked to Mrs. Dahlstrom today. She didn’t have much to say. I told her Ralph was moving out of the office but she hadn’t heard about it so maybe I wasn’t supposed to mention it. He surely will tell her though. Well Folks, this isn’t much of a letter but I wanted to tell you that Mrs. Reed is working for Davy and I know time shouldn’t enter into it but it does in this case because the doctor told Elmer we shouldn’t wait any longer than a month or six weeks at the most to have him opened up. I just can’t believe that the bile is draining into his blood stream because that is a waste and surely even medically that would give him a high temperature and make him spit up and feel lousy but they said his temperature was normal and he certainly isn’t at all fussy and he feels just wonderful. More later Folks. Love, Helen By saying Davy is so good I don’t mean he is placid. He lies in his crib or bassinette and his arms are waving back and forth and he kicks his legs. Mrs. Ree is a little hard to talk with over the phone because I have never met her. I know she is awfully busy because she is only at home in the mornings. I think she is at the Reading Room in the afternoon. She started working for Davy Monday. She called me back once to ask me some more questions. I don’t know if I’m supposed to call her every day or to tell her to just keep working for Davy until she hears from me. I tried to get Rose Winter on the phone, but she is practically impossible to get a hold of. Love, Helen