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Show 4 We decided we could do something abou that and gathered the chains, shovels and other necessary adjuncts of desert travel. Then he hinted that "a lady" was having a baby in the sagebrush where the truck stood) , stranded. The lady turned out to be his brother-in-law's wife, and the baby a 3- pound premature girl. They were of course I at once brought in to our clinic. Catherine, realizing that our County Nurse was an ex- : pert in the handling of "premies," tele- ~ phoned to her -- of course she was about as far away as one can get in the third largest county in the U. S. but she came, post-haste, that evening, and gave all the help and advice we needed. Dr. Bayer came the following day, and made exan1ination. From this point on, it was a matter of feeding the baby every few hours, and we just didn't have the staff to do that around the clock (even missionaries have to sleep some time) and the doctor at Tuba said he would I take her in. By the way, can you guess how the premie came by her name? PLEASE TELL US IF YOU MOVE -THAT IS, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO GET THE NEWSLETTER. MENTION BOTH OLD AND NEW ADDRESS. l ~~ { .' -- ~ --' ,~ .... ..",.....- ~ - . ..,-,-t . ,. ~. :;~~ . ~,... ....... , \ I 1 \ |