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Lavanna M. Hawkins (Morgan)
HI JUDY,- DR. MARKS DELIVERED ME, I HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS WHEN I WAS BORN, I COULDN'T LAY COMPLETELY FLAT OR I WOULD TURN BLUE AND STOP BREATHING. MY SISTER TOLD ME THEY ALWAYS HAD TO LAY ME AT AN ANGLE FOR THE LONGEST TIME. THEN I COULDN'T KEEP ANY KIND OF MILK DOWN, AND I WAS LOOSING WEIGHT RAPIDLY. THEY WERE WORRIED I WAS GOING TO DIE. THEN ONE DAY MOM WAS AT THE STORE AND PICKED UP A CAN OF CARNATION CONDENSED MILK AND FED IT TO ME, I KEPT IT DOWN AND THAT SAVED MY LIFE. THEN, WHEN I WAS 2 YEARS OLD AND WE WERE STILL LIVING ON THE FARM, MY MOTHER WAS CANNING GREEN BEANS AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NAPPING, BUT I GOT UP AND TODDLED AROUND AND FELL INTO THE SCALDING HOT WATER FROM THE GREEN BEANS AND WAS BADLY BURNED. I ALMOST DIED FROM THAT TOO. THANK GOD I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT. I HAVE SEVERE SCARS OVER MY SIDES AND BACK. MY SKIN WAS A GREEN COLOR UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 8, THEN IT TURNED BACK TO WHITE.
WE PROBABLY WERE IN THE HOSPITAL AT THE SAME TIME. I KNOW THAT CHARLENE TUCKER'S MOTHER AND MY MOTHER WERE IN THE SAME ROOM WHEN I WAS BORN, AND CHARLENE AND I WERE BORN ON THE SAME DAY. I FOUND THAT OUT WHEN I ASKED MY MOTHER IF SHE KNEW CHARLENE, AND SHE TOLD ME THE STORY OF US BEING BORN ON THE SAME DAY.
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