Stop, Look and See
Jim Smith was totally paralyzed from the neck down at age 2. His parents were told “the hospital is full - take him home”. Jim has his own special perspective to life with the effects of this terrible virus.
Traveling with Abililty
Who knew that traveling between each other’s homes would bring two survivors together in such a meaningful way.
Remembering the Beatles
The nurses rolled all the stretchers and wheelchairs as close as they could around the small TV. We all went wild when the Beatles sang their number one song, “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” It was a welcome reprieve from our pain and the long recovery we all had to endure.
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.
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. He needed an iron lung. Despite his many challenges he always looks for the positive aspects of his experiences.
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.
Marny Eulberg: Polio Survivor, Physician & Humanitarian
Marny Eulberg may have retired, but she is far from finished with her volunteer and humanitarian efforts. She is proving day by day, that anything is possible, no matter what physical limitations you may have.
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