Heart Forever Changed

Between the 1940s and the 1960s,rheumatic fever was a leading causeof death in children. If they survived,there would most likely be some lastingdamage, particularly to the heart.This is Etta LaVinyas story of beingone of those children who, at age 5, wasdiagnosed with scarlet fever. Scarletfever is contracted first by a germ calledgroup A streptococcus, or strep throat.If scarlet fever isnt compl...