When she woke up Chester, David (Her sons) and their wives were around the bed. She couldn't speak, but she patted her bed and motioned them to leave. Although Peggy, her daughter-in-law continued to keep Cora company during her time in the hospital. She only missed one day out of the 40 that Cora was in the hospital.
When she was out of the ICU, she roomed with another lady who suddenly had a heart attack. Both Cora and the lady rang the nurses station several times but nobody came. Cora went out of the room and called out at three nurses and a doctor who were sitting around the nurses station, but hadn't answered her call for help. "For Lord's sake, come here! This woman is dying!"
Cora saw them bring a lot of equipment into the room and the woman lived. After the excitement Cora was talking to a young doctor in the hall. She said "If I could find the one who beat me back to life, I would beat him. If I was that far gone why didn't they let me go on and die? What do I have to live for?"
"Mrs. Hull" said the doctor, "You have lots to live for at your age."
"How old do you think I am?"
"I'm 81, and I've been by myself for twenty years. Buried a second husband and its time for me to go".
"You must have been hard on them Mrs Hull."
"I just don't believe in paramedics -They should just let you die. I'd like to beat on them like they beat on me."
"Well Mrs Hull you had better hit me because I was the one who brought you back to life."
She laughed and hit him on the shoulder.
Cora went to live with David and Peggy Hull while she recovered. She had lived by herself for twenty years and didn't want to go back to her place by herself and certainly didn't want to go to a nursing home, so Dave and Peg gave her their room.
She is in better health today than she was two years ago. I can tell that she loves her new family. Peg, whom I respect more than anyone I have ever met, keeps her on a strict diet and I believe this is one of the reasons Cora looks so much better than two years ago.
I asked Cora about her days as a midwife. The only two incidents she remembers clearly are when the doctor wasn't present at the time of birth. One time, Mrs Craiger, was having trouble and the doctor went for an ambulance. The baby ended up dying before even leaving the womb.
Another time when Mrs. Lovejory was having her third child the doctor left because he said it would be at least another hour before delivery and he had to get some dinner. Surely enough the baby was born while the doctor was away. Cora ended up playing the role of the doctor while the woman was in labor. Cora half-jokingly said "I brought this baby into the world and you owe me half your fee." Of course she never saw a penny.
To end the journal I wanted to ask Cora some general questions...
She told me that the happiest period of her life was just after the death of Charlie her second husband. After he passed away Cora went on her first plane trip to California to see Anna her oldest sister. She got to tour around San Francisco and different areas of California.
The most stressful period was the depression, just trying to keep the kids fed and clothed.
If there is one thing that she would like to change about her past, she wishes that she would have waited until after marriage before she had sex.
I don't believe that as far as values or morals Cora was necessarily a part of her times. She never smoked or drank. She gave this as an example because at one time two girls called her a "pink-panty waist" because she didn't do these things. Her reply was "I'm an individual and I don't believe in it. I've done thirty years without it and will go another thirty without it."
Religion - She feels that everybody has their own religion and it should not be forced on others. Although she feels that it is important for children to be brought up with some kind of religious training to teach them moral values.
Before ending my last visit with Cora, we talked about the family. If anybody understands the different members of the family and their problems, social experiences and learning experiences in general, I believe that person is Cora.
I stepped into the room of her favorite grandchild and said hello. I barely know my cousin, but I can see immediately why grandma loves her so much. Angie is fifteen, a shy, gentle, quiet child. She's living a much different life and is very much a different girl from what I imagine grandma would have been like at a similar age. But Angie loves to read and I see in her the character of somebody who has the potential to become as great a woman as grandma...
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