On September 17, 1919, my great-grandfather wrote a letter to his wife. I'm not sentimental, but it makes for powerful reading — and offers some comfort, too.
Earlier in the year they'd moved to Mullewa, a tiny town 100 kilometres east of Geraldton, so Harry could take up a teaching post.kill millions of people around the worldAround a month later, weighing just 45 kilograms and isolated in Geraldton Hospital, Harry gathered enough strength to write to his wife.
"You know of course how bad I have been and at present I am very weak — I cannot dress myself — I can't speak properly or I would speak to you on the phone and I can only walk about twenty yards without exhaustion."I am afraid my heart is very weak and until that improves, there will be little improvement in me."But similar to coronavirus, the virus put immense stress on the respiratory system and the heart.
"I long to leave this place but I rather fear leaving the doctor in case I had a heart attack which would be fatal."
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