Newly Placed Infusaport Care & Instructions. Do not drink alcohol, drive a car, or operate machinery for 24 hours. Take your regular medicines as usual. Dressing changes/wound care: Remove the dressing in 48 hours. The steri-strips underneath the dressing will remain intact and should fall off in about 2-3. weeks.
Madam Walker died on May 25, 1919 at 51 years old of kidney failure and other complications due to hypertension at Villa Lewaro, her Irvington-on-Hudson, New York estate. She was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. For an HGTV excellent video about Villa Lewaro, click here.
On January 4, 1906, around the time the products were becoming more popular, she married Charles Joseph Walker. This changed her name to Mrs. C. J. Walker. She gave herself the name Madame to add a touch of class to the name of her products. As her business expanded, Madame Walker began a cross-country tour to show off her product while hiring and training new sales agents; mostly African-American women.