Laura had thrown one bucket of water on the fire in the hay, and then, knowing she was not strong enough to work the pump for more water, taking the little deed-box from the bedroom and Rose by the hand, she ran out and dropped on the ground in the little half-circle drive before the house..
She need not bother about it — and he did suffer with the cold.
Based on having read several biographies of the author, it does seem to me that many of the problems that Laura and Almanzo faced were due only to their pursuing the generally difficult endeavor of trying to farm an area of the country that had previously been open prairie as well as to plain bad luck with regard to the weather.
In the case of Almanzo, I am thinking that the most likely scenario may be that spending several weeks in bed in a toxic building while fighting off a life-threatening infection could have put so much strain on his immune system that some kind of pathogen that his body was previously able to keep in check when he was healthy flared to a significant extent and caused the paralysis.
Description: Lane wanted to wait for a first look when his bride walked down the aisle, but practicality won out.