Rena (Martha L.) DeRosa: An Informed and Grateful Polio Survivor
“I HAD polio and now I’m living with the late effects of that terrible virus. There’s no denying it. “
Looking Back at Life’s Miracles
I could not move anything except one eyelid; even the muscles controlling my eyeballs went limp and my eyes just rolled around aimlessly. I could not breathe, swallow, talk, or move. I was only eight.
Three Little Words
The world will keep on twirling whether you are happy or unhappy. It's up to you to have a good life.
Thomas Fetterman
His three months in the hospital included an iron lung, a rocking bed and painful physical therapy. He learned how to stay positive in the face of adversity.
Staying Positive in the Face of Adversity - My Time Inside an Iron Lung (Video)
Thomas Fetterman caught polio when he was 8. His various hospital stays included needing an iron lung. Despite his many challenges he always looks for the positive aspects of his experiences.
The Last of the Iron Lungs
All the nurses were saying, ‘Just a second, you’ll be breathing in just a second.’ ” Martha Lillard
“The ‘yellow submarine’ is my necessary, trusted, mechanical friend.” Mona Randolph
“If there’s so many people who’ve not been- children, especially - have not been vaccinated . . . I don’t even want to think about it.” Paul Alexander
Polo Pioneers - The Randig Family
My parents decided to volunteer our entire family (themselves included), feeling strongly that it was the right thing to do.
Brad Fuller
His parents would have given anything for their son to have had a vaccine to prevent polio.
My Beautiful, Unassuming, Unsung Hero
I’m remembering my mother; a beautiful, delicate unassuming person who brought me through my initial bout with Polio and the resulting rehabilitation and surgeries. Mothers of Polio survivors are unsung heroes.
“It is not a tragedy to me that I'm living in a wheelchair.” Judy Heumann (Video)
“It is not a tragedy to me that I'm living in a wheelchair.” Judy Heumann
An Unexpected Journey - Celebrating the Life of Lauro S. Halstead, MD
Have you ever asked yourself if polio, in a curious way, enriched your life? Unexpected Journey: A Physician’s Life in the Shadow of Polio recounts Dr. Lauro Halstead’s personal quest to answer this question.
By Pamela Sergey
Serving my country . . . and paying it forward.
Serving my country . . . and paying it forward. By Donald P. Abrams
'We Are Still Here' (article & video)
These Philadelphia-area polio survivors continue to suffer from a disease thought to be long gone.