Mother's Notes about Larry and his broken leg

Taken directly from Mother's notes:
     Larry had frequent bouts with high fever, headaches, legs hurting, and sometimes delirium during 1944 - 45. The army doctors there at the hospital in Warner Robins didn't diagnose it as anything. I wondered at the time if it could be rheumatic fever, and told them so. 
     Years later when taking his physical for football as a freshman at Maryville High, Dr. Callaway discovered a  heart murmur and wondered if he had had rheumatic fever earlier in life. He said Larry couldn't play because of it--this was a blow to his ego--so much so that I talked Dr. Callaway into letting him play. 
     In October he sustained a crushed knee in scrimmage. His cleat caught in the turf as someone tackled him.
     He was not taken in the ambulance to the hospital. Instead I was called to pick him up in the car. I was called at 5;00 p.m.; it was 9:00 p.m. before Dr. Proffitt got around to setting the knee. Blount Memorial Hospital was overflowing and he had to spend the night in the hall.
     Max was at his mother's in Chattanooga attending two weeks Army Reserve summer (? my question mark) school, due to be through in three days. I called him the next morning and told him to wait the three days to come home.
     This must have been on Wednesday too. (Lee's meningitis). Maybe it is an unlucky day of the week. I think he was in the hospital for two months, home on crutches several weeks. A home bound teacher, Mr. Largent, was his teacher at the hospital and at home.