Leona - Louis Edward, Jr. - LouOctober, 1946
Our first son, Louis Edward Butler, Jr. was born during my first football season on September 27, 1946. All was well with Mother and child at first. He was a healthy redhead like Leona’s mother and several of my people. However, shortly after we got him home, he couldn’t keep anything in his stomach and we discovered a muscle was wrapped around the entrance to his stomach. This wouldn’t allow the food to enter, so it would come right back up. He was operated on and the muscle was cut allowing the tube to open to allow the food to enter his stomach. As soon as this was accomplished, he began to grow.
Because this was the first grandchild for both sets of our parents, and Leona’s mother was selling in the children’s department at Crews Beggs Dry Goods Store (later to become Joslins), he got lots of attention and lots of cute clothes. He grew very quickly and was the pride of both families.
Lou, Jr - LeonaDecember 1946
Happy Birthday, Lou!
1 comment:
Actually, the food we fed Lou,Jr went into his stomach, but it couldn't go into his intestines because the pyloric valve was too tight. The problem existed from the time he was born. I had to stay in the hospital extra time because of it. They were sure I wasn't feeding him right. He weighed 7#4oz when he was born and was quite small when we took him back to the hospital when he was 13 days old. A Dr McConnell operated on him when he was 19 days old, and said that he had never operated on anyone so tiny. His hair was red, but it was very light. It almost looked like he had pink hair. He was a beautiful baby, but he didn't look like he belonged to Lou or me. Leona
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