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Document is two leaves, each of which is multiple pieces of paper that are pasted together, typewritten and handwritten on recto only. Includes one envelope, typewritten.
Typewritten by Sarah Bloom on behalf of Willa Cather (via dictation)
Willa Cather handwritten
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I find just as you did, my dear
I know you would have been with me if you could. As it turned out, the only
people who were nearby to support Edith through the first difficult four
days (when I was really unconscious all the time) were the
..
Of course, one gets awfully bored and one hates oneself for being so weak in body, but for two days now I have been allowed to go to my bathroom and I sit up for half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the afternoon. Each day I will make that time longer, and tomorrow I will begin to walk about the room a little.
after dictating the above notes to you, I had a queer sort of
set back and could keep no food on my stomach for two days. I am going home
this afternoon but will be in bed for a few days longer. Gall-bladder
operations play Hell with your stomach. I