https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/111924b9dc38b1ac22a6fa53a324840f.pdf 880ab54bb4162e374954f9822e948b5a PDF Text Text .,. " -.1'!1' ~ '* • •N .'Hpm~ befp~§.:$U.8d.owrl • • • • • • • • • • (Editor's Note: Before Jam es Hanna went home from his most recent stay a t the med ical cen ter in Apri l 1982, he .and his wife expressed their feelings about Mcleod in a lette r. Charleston writer Ma rtha Johnson visited the Han nos a t home .) . by Martha Johnson Mr. a nd Mrs . James F. Hanna Jive in a warm, grey house with block trim , at the end of a lone off Route 341 , j ust o utside Johnsonville. A couple of rock ing choirs earn their place o n the f ront po rch . Mr. a nd Mrs. Hanna o re the heart and soul of America and o re as we all w ish to be . There is joy and peace , respect and dignity . James Hanna met Lillian tn )ohns.onville J wh ere they both grew up . He married her on April 10 1935. wh en he was 05 ye ars old. She was 19. She moved into the grey house and they hove 1v ed there and "" t)r!~ed the fo rm (continued from page 7) bigger chon o hoe or o mule team could toke core of. " Mr. Hanna was 7 8 when he was first brought to Mcleod Infirmary in what seemed to him the final phose of his long struggle with emphysema. He come to Mcleod because over the years it has m eant o lot to his family. His connection with Mcleod began about threequarters of o century earlier, in 1 906. There is now a bond, the kind of relationship that develops and grows strong out of need over time. Even though there seemed to be no space at Mcleod that night, Mr. Hanna was token in and given oxygen in a room where there were two other patients. He doesn't recall the first few days, but Mrs. Hanna was thankful for that small room and the stroight·bock choir during the 1 0 days and nights of her bedside vigil. He needed to be in the ir.tPnsive co re unit but all • of those beds w ere fille d. They placed him close to the ICU and cared for him as if he were there o' a round it for 4 7 y ears . They hov e no children. "Sometimes it happens tha t w ay." How good it would be to hove more peo ple lil~e each of the m . tv~r. Hanna's fri ends soy that he has never bee n and will never be so fo r a w ay from Johnsonville tha t he can't m a ke the 'round trip b ock home between sunrise and sundown . All these years they worked together on the form ; hoeing the corn , the sugar cone. the tobacco . It was another e ra , bod~ when they " plan ted nothing (s~e Generations, page 8) 0 Lillian and James Hanna : 'We 're w1th Mcleod 100 perce nt " . • Mr. Hanna remembers the attention. the gentle core . the medication without fail. The respiratory therapy treatments every four hours by those "btg. husky boys" helped cause the steady improvement. More than that, at the end of each treatment they added o special arm and neck massage that helped him relax into sleep. "The nurses would tip in and tip out, JUSt to say 'Mr. Hanna , is there anything?' Just checking to see if everything is all right." In the middle of another night in April this year. Mr. Hanna become seriously ill with an emphysema·related infection. EMS brought him with his wife to the emergency roo m at Mcleod as Dr. William Hazelwood Instructed. Out it was to be awhile before he could get a room. So a nurse decided to pass the time by getting them breakfast. Mrs. Hanna ate as she watched the nurse help her husband with breakfast. "She even put the jelly on his toast." · The doctor said he wanted them to be set up "as near lil-~e home as possible ." This was the hew Mcleod. The attention was just the same as before , the newness only made it better. For the Hannes. the story at Mcleod began in 1906 when in uncle, Mr. G.M. Hanna. was hospitalized. He was the first patient Dr. Fronk Mcleod operated on for appendicitis. The two remained fond acquaintances for life. Mr. G.M. Hanna's wife, Aunt Annie Hanna, was a patient there in later years. Their grandson . Robert T. Haselden. was two months old in July 1953. when he was admitted to Mcleod with on intestinal obstruction. Doctors Ellis and Mead told the parents he could not five as he was. that " this is a first. but will you let us try?" He is now a fine young man with a family of his own. Another uncle. Floyd M. Hanna, was taken to Mcleod for appendicitis in 1912. He was carried by buggy to Lake City, then on to Florence by train. Mr. Hanna knew that Mcleod . ac the turn of the century was the only hospital in the area . Horse and buggy or train was the only tronsporta tion. Thomas F. Hanna. James Hanna's father, was treated for cancer at Mcleod during the lost years of his life. The family saw the some treatment then. in 1938, as in their recent visits. Mr. Hanna's sister, Lucille H. Eaddy, was in Mcleod in the early 70s with uremic poisoning. Although she was not expected to live, the nursing staff understood the feelings of the family and "never hindered our . . ', VISitS. There ore other little stories of the Hanna family and Mcleod. Over three-quarters of a century holds many memories. "Mostly through these years it's the good feelings that remain." The ·round trip to Mcleod and bock home to Johnsonville con still be made between sunrise and sundown. • '. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper and magazine articles. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James and Lillian Hanna - McCleod Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983