2007-01-25 04:19:12 · 13 answers · asked by brindletara 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Are you sure you don't mean a sanitorium?
Sanitarium - for crazy people
Sanitorium - for sick people
2007-01-25 04:24:54 · answer #1 · answered by doctor_76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was in a sanitorium, a long-term care facility, after contracting Tuberculosis, a contagious lung disease for which we now have better treatments. It was and still is important to keep those suffering from the disease isolated from others to prevent the spread of TB.
The real reason Mama Walton wound up in the ol' sanitorium was that Michael Learned, the actress who portrayed her, wanted to leave the series.
2007-01-25 14:35:51 · answer #2 · answered by kimpenn09 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had as many kids as she did you would be in a sanatorium too. And every week there was another crisis. The poor woman probably needed a break.
2007-01-25 13:47:20 · answer #3 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She had TB but recovered and returned home.
2007-01-26 04:39:36 · answer #4 · answered by Patsyanne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She did have TB
2007-01-25 12:29:42 · answer #5 · answered by onlyme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FROM DRINKING TOO MUCH MOONSHINE THAT THE SISTERS MADE?
I HAVE NO CLUE BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT JUMP OUT OF MY MIND.
2007-01-25 12:25:52 · answer #6 · answered by baptism_by_fire_2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The syphillis finally got her mind!...As it does with all those who whore!
2007-01-25 15:48:14 · answer #7 · answered by Moorglademover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She had TB.
2007-01-25 12:23:40 · answer #8 · answered by Miss Smartypants 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she had TB
2007-01-25 12:30:09 · answer #9 · answered by me plus 4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she had TB
2007-01-25 12:26:43 · answer #10 · answered by Magick Kitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋