Martha (Marty) Loudder: Resilient from her Head to her Toes
I contracted polio in Amarillo, Texas in October 1952, when I was 3 1/2 years old. No one in my family knows where I might have contracted the virus.
Post-Polio Education Initiative (Video)
Post-Polio Education Initiative - October, 2021 by Richard L. Bruno, HD, PhD
Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still rely on an iron lung to breath
On June 8, 1953, Martha Lillard celebrated her fifth birthday with a party at an amusement park in Oklahoma. A little over a week later, she woke up with a sore throat and a pain in her neck.
John Munsick
One day I was an active 12-year-old riding my bike, playing baseball with my friends and climbing trees on my grandmother’s farm. The next day, I remember feeling bad, missing school and developing a limp.