Thoughts and stories, by Pal

This may seem a bit long, and can be read in more than one sitting.  I've put together several subjects which were too short by themselves. My mother Ruth wrote about the major events in her life, and these always included her parents and/or husband and children.  She was very involved when my dear sister Vina had a serious operation.  This is what she wrote: Vina’s Operation, 1981       In December, 1981, Vina was working at Scholzen’s.   After Christmas she had a very serious operation.   Somehow her intestines got a knot tied in them.  The doctors tried for days to avoid an operation, but when he did decide, he operated at 2 A.M. because he was too concerned to wait till morning.  Even after the operation it seemed complications might cause more serious problems.      For 10 days or longer she was fed intravenously and was not even allowed a sip of water.  During this time the doctor said WALK!  So every two hours we walked.   I went along to carry all the various tube