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I haven’t managed one important thing yet: I was often sick as a child. When we lived in the first apartment I went through all the childhood diseases, whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever, chicken pox, measles, bronchitis and anginas. And I had a broken arm. There was a doctor, who used to treat me wonderfully; his wife was a cousin of my grandma Basia Zipper. Michal Leinkram, his name was, he lived on Sebastiana Street. They had two daughters. He was a general practitioner.
The only test I ever had done in childhood, was a urine test, and he did it himself. Until I turned 16, I never had any other tests done, there were no vaccinations then, so I had to go through all those diseases. He always gave a good diagnosis, always knew how to cure me.
When I was sick, my father used to come to me at night, because Mom was deaf. He would stroke me; sometimes he would sit with me all night. And then he would go to work. I was very attached to my father, perhaps more than to my mother. But during the day Mom took care of me.
I was abroad once. I was six or seven, I was sick with a kidney infection and the doctors said it would be good to go south and warm the kidneys in hot sand. And we went to Vienna first, a doctor there examined me and recommended to go to the island Grado, near Trieste. We went to Vienna, the three of us, my parents and I, and in Vienna we parted. Father went to Karlsbad, that is to Karlovy Vary [8], for therapy, because he had a gall bladder and liver problem, and he usually went alone. And Mom and I went to Grado.
The only test I ever had done in childhood, was a urine test, and he did it himself. Until I turned 16, I never had any other tests done, there were no vaccinations then, so I had to go through all those diseases. He always gave a good diagnosis, always knew how to cure me.
When I was sick, my father used to come to me at night, because Mom was deaf. He would stroke me; sometimes he would sit with me all night. And then he would go to work. I was very attached to my father, perhaps more than to my mother. But during the day Mom took care of me.
I was abroad once. I was six or seven, I was sick with a kidney infection and the doctors said it would be good to go south and warm the kidneys in hot sand. And we went to Vienna first, a doctor there examined me and recommended to go to the island Grado, near Trieste. We went to Vienna, the three of us, my parents and I, and in Vienna we parted. Father went to Karlsbad, that is to Karlovy Vary [8], for therapy, because he had a gall bladder and liver problem, and he usually went alone. And Mom and I went to Grado.
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Maria Ziemna