PART II [was originally written in 2017 and updated 2018, prior to Part I at the end] Denise was in isolation to keep the infectious bacteria from spreading. Dr Ashby or Dr Scott came early that morning, and said to my father, “she’s gone”; Denise was only four. Many years later, my mother shared that two children in the neighborhood had died, because they did not have their diphtheria shot. A boy had not had his and my sister was the other. “Nisey”, had gotten one shot, but not the other. It was a day filled with crisis, but for me at the age of six, I would experience…