On this day in 1945...

Dad had his first visit with a doctor sixty-two years ago today.

Dad was born in a house on Louisville Street. My grandparents did not live in Starkville, but my grandmother's sister and her family did. Dad was born at their house. I don't know the details of the story, but the important point is that my grandmother intended to give birth there.

However, Dad was born on the 14th, and today is the 17th. When Dad was three days old, a long-time Starkville doctor, Feddy Eckford, stopped by and checked him.

The story goes that Dad was a little yellow (jaundiced), and the doctor advised that they put him in the sunlight for an hour every morning and evening.

They followed Dr. Feddy's advice, and Dad turned out just fine.