Johanna knew that she was not well. People would as her what it felt like to be 100. Johanna would say that after a certain age, your body betrays you every day. The trick was to not get angry but to find another way around the obstacle and stay determined.

There was pressure to put her in a home "a prison" as she called it. She convinced the doctors to give her a test, if she could maneuver in a wheel chair in her house, she'd be allowed to stay.