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Dearest Mother and Daddy,"" I had intended writing to you yesterday afternoon, but instead I went swimming. Now I wish I'd stayed home and written because to-day I have an infection in my left eye. It's all red and swollen, and this matter runs out of it. It isn't very painful though. I went to the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic after I were on duty to let the doctor see it and find out what was wrong. So he treated it and told me I shouldn't be on duty. That I should stay in quarters and treat it so it wont spread to the other eye. It's nothing serious though, except you can sure catch a lot of things in this water around here. But they said salt water was alright and that was what we were swimming in- the ocean.
I'm putting ointment in my eye, and keeping ice on it. Except right now I'm ""renigging"" a little to write to you all.
Saturday, I received a letter from you all written Jan 10th. It was sent regular mail. I also had one from Aunt Esther, and Mamma had written a note at the end. Tell her I appreciated it.
Two more of my letters to Louis came back too. They were both written at Ft. Ord.
We've still been awfully busy at the hospital, but it's good to be working- taking care of these boys who have been shot up and injured, fighting for our country. If I only knew that my darling was being taken care of.
Everything else is fine around here. I think we're going to move from this house we're living in, out to our tents near the hospital in the next couple of days. It will sure be a lot quieter out there and not nearly as dusty as it is here.
I think I had better stop now and treat my eye again. Don't worry about it, it will be ""O.K." soon. Will write again soon.
