Our first born, Steve was delivered at a medium size hospital, Christian Welfare in East St. Louis by a substitute Doctor. My wife worked for the Obstetrician who practiced the 'art' of hypnosis for baby deliveries. He was on vacation when my wife delivered our son. Nice timing, Doc! The thing memorable about that night, waiting for the birth was my brother, Tom getting off work at Henry's Hamburger and coming to the waiting room where we devoured 13-14 hamburgers at 2AM. Steve was a breech-birth. I once suggested to his mother that's why as a kid he was always doing things ass-backwards. She disagreed saying it was because we mixed Roustio-Bischof DNA.
Daughters, Dawn and Pamela were delivered by Doc Jack Means of Mason City. Mason City remains one of the best small town basketball 'hotbeds' in Illinois. The population is approximately 2500 folks and the only time towns folks are in a hurry is getting to the Friday night basketball games. Dawn was born in 1965. We were living and coaching in Mason City. Pamela was born in 1968. We were living and coaching in Washington, Illinois, some fifty mile from Doc Means but...I'll tell the rest of the story tomorrow.
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