Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1911 — Little Boy Recovering From A Long Siege of Sickness. [ARTICLE]

Little Boy Recovering From A Long Siege of Sickness.

Little Jay Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Van Wood, who will be five years old in June, has had more than his share of trouble, having been an invalid for the past year. About eight months ago his doctor found it necessary to operate on—him for the! removal of pus from the pleura. The condition was so serious that the pus could not be drained off at the time and it has continued to drain ever since thai time through a tube inserted from ths back near the shoulder blade. This tube was not removed until a day or two ago and the drainage still continues but is gradually becoming less and it is ..now believed that it will soon stop altogether and that the wound can then heal up. The little patient is now gaining strength and the parents and the physicians think there is a fine probability that he will entirely qutgrow the trouble and become a healthy child.