In May 1944, Charles Davis, one of the reporters from the Hearst newspaper that got the initial penicillin to Patty's bedside in August 1943, brought readers across America up to date on Patty after his editor won the Pulitzer prize for reporting for the paper's efforts.
He revealed that six weeks after she was mere hours from death, she was released from the Lutheran Hospital, and I think the photo reveals she indeed does look radiant in her new bonnet.
But exactly three months later, (Davis says two months but I am going from death records for the only 2 year old named Patricia Malone dying in NY in late 1943) her weakened heart gave out and she died without any media attention.
A sad ending to a story I have been chasing for a long long time.
He revealed that six weeks after she was mere hours from death, she was released from the Lutheran Hospital, and I think the photo reveals she indeed does look radiant in her new bonnet.
But exactly three months later, (Davis says two months but I am going from death records for the only 2 year old named Patricia Malone dying in NY in late 1943) her weakened heart gave out and she died without any media attention.
A sad ending to a story I have been chasing for a long long time.
