I'll bet Mrs. Johnson didn't.  Well maybe only on occasion for medicinal purposes.

Gerard

I made mention on another thread dealing with this subject my speculation of what happened in unchanged 1840/41 history.  After Gerard/Judah offed Quentin (by whatever means), he sought to solidify his total control and ownership of Collinwood, but Tad remained a problem being the heir to the family fortune.  When Gerard/Judah tried to deal with him, not only did Tad resist, but so did Daphne, and Carrie decided to get into the tussle, too.  Gerard/Judah takes them to Rose Cottage for a final confrontation but all four are killed there (possibly by a fire that breaks out) during a battle royale.  With Tad dead, the inheritance of Collinwood passes to one of Gabriel's and Edith's children (Edith, of course, was not killed in the unchanged history but then maybe neither Gabriel, so who knows).  Anyway, that's just how I viewed things as "originally" happening.

Gerard

To me, it appeared that the writers did leave it a tad "unanswered" if Petofi really did die in the fire.  From what I've heard or read, there were some notions about bringing him back but it never went beyond the initial idea stage.

Gerard

Guess it's common in many if not most shows, regardless of genre.  After all, Ricky is putting on a show, Lucy wants to get in the show, Ricky tells her she can't be in the show, Lucy does some red-headed thing to get in the show and ends up in trouble.  Ricky should've just sent her to the hospital; she could've shared a room with Elizabeth.

Gerard

How much you wanna bet that they simply took the wheelchair David Henesey had to use for awhile during the Leviathan story line when he actually hurt himself (and they had to write it into the plot) to save a few bucks.  All they had to do was ask if he still had it laying around somewhere (unless it was a borrowed one), drag it in, pull off the back and slap on a wicker replacement and - voila! - one 1840's-style wheelchair that they hoped no one would look at too closely.

Gerard

I found it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vULYUy4buw&feature=related

You know, I just can't help picturing that happening when Barnabas was stalking Maggie and Vicki was staying to keep an eye on her.

Gerard

Or maybe it's possible that once a vampire "loses interest" in someone, they also lose interest.  Since he no longer had "need" of Sabrina, that psychic link was broken. 

Gerard