“The diligent nursing care and the gallons of tea helped her body fight off the infection. Just in time, she returned to work at the hospital being careful to avoid Doctor Freeman at all cost. The cold, rain, and food shortages over the winter months kept the clinic hopping and Maggie and Kitty fell into their beds exhausted every night. Aside from the usual nasal miseries and miscellaneous infections, several men suffered from frostbite and trench foot. The sight of these maladies gave the wome...n the skeevies more than any of the battle injuries. They’d even heard stories of men dying in their sleep from the cold. Their tent, shored up with logs and mud, stayed cozy with the wood stove and the extra quilts and blankets Carole Brunswick sent them. None of them suffered any more weather afflictions worse than the common cold. And, though they were obviously thinner, at least they didn’t suffer the ravages of malnutrition either. *** With budding trees and warmer temperatures signaling the advent of spring, the time came for the company to break camp and get ready to move on to another battle campaign.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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