My mother had osteomyelitis (basically staph infection in the bones) from the age of 13, and it would flare up periodically over the years...but the worst was the teenage years. She spent a year in a hospital bed with drains in her back when she was 13, and then had a 6 inch section of bone from her left shin when she was 17. She spent a year in a (non-electric) wheelchair, then crutches for a year, a year normal, then another six months in a wheelchair and two more years on crutches. She developed guns like nobody's business, and they were still pretty impressive when I was in elementary school.
Southern belle that she was, it embarrassed her to no end when I told other kids "Yeah? Well, my mom can beat up your dad!"
Southern belle that she was, it embarrassed her to no end when I told other kids "Yeah? Well, my mom can beat up your dad!"