tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post2295801403197070711..comments2024-03-23T13:37:38.462-05:00Comments on Between the Gate Posts: Committed to Poor HouseLindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-26987724808713227592013-01-11T11:14:55.583-06:002013-01-11T11:14:55.583-06:00Poverty is still with us, it destroys bodies and m...Poverty is still with us, it destroys bodies and minds.LindaRehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-45491343758371390732013-01-11T00:50:15.111-06:002013-01-11T00:50:15.111-06:00Just as many people today are still dying from bei...Just as many people today are still dying from being poor and hungry. It is sad what happened to her. IT is sad what happens still. The Appelechean mountain areas are essentially like a 3rd world w/in our own country. Very sad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-69371404954664694652012-09-14T17:18:34.545-05:002012-09-14T17:18:34.545-05:00That fear is justified. Any facility where they s...That fear is justified. Any facility where they send people who cannot take care of themselves is a sad, sad place since nobody--no matter how much they get paid or how little--can take care of you like you do yourself. But I respect the people who work at Whitfield like no other. My mom died there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-3235880795490724322012-08-18T08:49:49.398-05:002012-08-18T08:49:49.398-05:00This is such a sad story! I can only imagine the c...This is such a sad story! I can only imagine the conditions of such a place and what she suffered while there. This is why my parents terrorized me as a child with the word Whitfield. When I hear the name today it still strikes a little hammer of fear in my heart. Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223736191643583086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-39977940352849422192012-08-12T11:17:13.988-05:002012-08-12T11:17:13.988-05:00The family, who was not involved in her committal,...The family, who was not involved in her committal, probably didn't take her to a doctor for a diagnosis and it is likely she received the diagnosis after she was committed to the Poor House.LindaRehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-77642305098359340762012-08-11T22:59:18.327-05:002012-08-11T22:59:18.327-05:00What an incredibly sad story. I wonder how they fi...What an incredibly sad story. I wonder how they figured out what was wrong with her after she died--but didn't recognize it while she was living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-85930140747813321462012-08-10T09:08:34.725-05:002012-08-10T09:08:34.725-05:00If the disease is not treated, you can survive for...If the disease is not treated, you can survive for 4 to 5 years. I think her mental illness is the result of pellagra since she died so quickly after being put in the poor house.LindaRehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-42426317032679153702012-08-09T20:40:30.021-05:002012-08-09T20:40:30.021-05:00So her mental illness was a result of pellegra or ...So her mental illness was a result of pellegra or she got pellegra on top of her mental illness from being in the poor house? Very sad story all around.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.com