Letter from Jess Jesús Baros to Mr. and William F. Schubert and Santos Baros Schubert, September 23, 1974

Letter from Jess Jesús Baros to Mr. and William F. Schubert and Santos Baros Schubert, September 23, 1974 Carta de Jess Jesús Baros a William F. Schubert y Santos Baros Schubert, 23 de septiembre, 1974 Baros, Jess Jesús Velázquez, Isabel transcription and encoding Faxas, Adoni A. Mendell, Kate Garcia, Sarita B. Isasi, Jennifer 2016 Family Letters: An analysis of the Personal Correspondence of a Mexican American Family in Western Colorado and Eastern Nebraska in the First Half of the 20th Century University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

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Baros, Jess Jesús Jess Jesús Baros to William F. Schubert and Santos Baros Schubert September 23, 1974 3 pages and envelope Shanahan Collection

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Baros, Jess Jesús Fort Lupton, Colorado Schubert, William F. Baros Schubert, Santos Lincoln, Nebraska Letter from x to y, date Letter from x to y, date Initial Encoding Initial Encoding Transcription 1 Sept 23, 1974

Ft Lupton, Colo

Dear Sandra&Family

I write a few lines to let you know that we are all fine, thanks be to God.

Hope that you and your family are all in good health.

Well Sandra, I understand that you called Max yesterday and that he mention that mother was in the hospital. Well she is in the hospital but it is not serious. at least not at this time. It was serious when she went into the hospital; you see, the blood was not circulating in one leg, or rather in the right foot. and it was getting sort of serious. you know as a diabetic any infection could easily turn into something serious.

But now after 7 days she is responding very well to the treatment. the swelling 2 went down, the infection is now cleared as of today. I went with Max, to see her this evening and she is a lot better. some pain, but not too much.

I was not going to tell you about her in the hospital unless it became of a serious nature, then I would have called you. but up to this time it is not too serious.

Well how is your eye? Is it clearing up? or are you still bothered with it? I’m sure you’ll take good care of your eye sight. Its very important that you do. We have nothing to complain about in our family, God been very good to us.

Max is bothered slightly with his legs but medication has helped him ~~a lot. beside warm weather agrees with him and we been having warm weather up until now.~~

Oh, before I forget to tell you, the african violet that you gave us is really a beautiful plant now. As I st sit here writing to you I can count 14 flowers in full bloom and about 15 or 16 flower buds on their way to bloom.

My old african violet just sits there, no blooms or nothing

Well I guess this is all for now, lots of love from Jess, Helen&Mark.

JESS BAROS 830 HOOVER AV FORT LUPTON CO 80621

Mr & Mrs Bill Schubert 3850 “C” St. Lincoln, Neb.

FORT LUPTON, CO SEP 24 AM 1974 80621

1 23 de septiembre de 1974

Ft. Lupton, Colorado

Querida Sandra y familia:

Te escribo estas pocas líneas para decirte que estamos bien, gracias a Dios.

Deseo que toda tu familia disfrute de buena salud.

Bueno Sandra, entiendo que ayer le llamaste a Max y que te mencionó que mamá está en el hospital. Bueno, sí está en el hospital, pero no es algo serio, por lo menos por el momento. Era serio cuando entró al hospital. Verás: La sangre no le estaba circulando en una pierna, o mejor dicho, en el pie derecho, y la cosa se estaba volviendo seria.

Pero ahora, después de siete días, está respondiendo muy bien al tratamiento. La inflamación 2 ya le bajó, y a fecha de hoy ya despareción la infección. Fui con Max a verla hoy en la noche y está mucho mejor. Le sigue doliendo, pero no mucho.

Yo no te iba a decir que estaba en el hospital a menos de que fuera algo serio, entonces sí te hubiera llamado, pero hasta el momento no es algo muy serio.

¿Bueno, y cómo va tu ojo? Se te ha ido limpiando aliviando o te sigue molestando? Estoy seguro de que te estarás cuidando la vista, porque es algo muy importante. En nuestra familia no tenemos de qué quejarnos, Dios ha sido muy bueno con nosotros.

A Max le han estabo molestando un poco sus piernas, pero la medicina le ha ayudado mucho. Además, el clima cálido el sienta muy bien, y hemos tenido buen clima hasta ahora.

Ah, antes de que se me olvide decirte, la violeta africana que nos regalaste es ahora una planta verdaderamente hermosa. Mientras estoy aquí sentado escribiéndote puedo contarle 14 flores abiertas en pleno, y otras 15 o 16 a punto de florecer.

La otra violeta africana que tenía está ahí nada más, sin florecer ni hacer nada.

Bueno, creo que esto es todo por ahora. Recibe el cariño de Jess, Helen & Mark.