Pertussis and the 100 awful days.

Esjaydee

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Saturday June 09, 2012 · 9:22 AM PDT

2012/06/09 · 09:22

The 100 Days Cough. That was the nickname of pertussis.

Imagine if you can, having six children (15mos-10yrs) all sick with whooping cough. At the same time. For 3 continuous months. Memorial Day until after Labor Day.

This was my mother's life the summer of 1958. Or, as she calls it "The Summer of No-Sleep".

With the recent occurrences of Pertussis here in the Pacific Northwest in the news almost nightly, my mother's memories of that awful summer have been brought back to life.

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