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Hi, my name is Doug and I was inflicted with polio at the age of 2 1/2 . Fortunately it ran its course for only a duration of about 8 months. I was a March of Dimes poster child in 1944 or 1945 and was a patient of the Children's Hospital in Hollyw ... (read more)
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Mi esposa estaba esperando a mis gemelitos y todo paracia queestaba muy bein, lo que nadie imagino que un dia sin pensar los babys con solo 32 semanas deciden nacer y todo fue inesperado porque nunca lo imaginabamos que seria asi,con 3libras y 11 onz ... (read more)
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COLIN IS DOING VERY WELL, HE IS 16 MONTHS OLD AND WEIGHS 19 LBS. HE IS WALKING AND TALKING AND GETTING
INTO EVERYTHING. HE LIKES TO BE MEAN AND THROW HIMSELF MOSTLY BACKWARDS INTO EVERYTHING. THE DOCTORS ARE NOW TRYING TO TELL ME THAT HE MAY BE ... (read more)
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I remember lining up to receive the injections. I was 8 years old and attended Windermere Blvd. Elementary School, Eggertsville NY ( outside of Buffalo). We were in the main hall of the school and it smelled strongly of anticeptic . All the kids we ... (read more)
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I was 7mth's pregnat and I was on bed rest and my water broke at home and when I got to the hospital I was already 2 cc dilated and the was going to stop my labor, they gave me magsuim sulfate and then the baby's heart rate kept dropping ! So they do ... (read more)
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When I was 14 I found out that I was pregnant. At first i didn't know what to do, Iwas really scared. The first person I told was my mother, when she found out we both just sat there crying together for about an hour. She asked me if i knew who my ba ... (read more)
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That year in Lafayette, Indiana, nearly everyone in my grade in town got polio.
I wasn't hospitalized becouse there were no beds available.
I did spend nights in a portable iron lung, becouse they feared I would stop breathing at night.
One ... (read more)
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I was a 8-9 year old living in Long Island NY & was polio pioneer-1955-56. I do remember lining up for the injections in the school cafeteria ( Barnum Woods Elelmentary - still standing, I drove past it 2 years ago). I'm very interested in the topic ... (read more)
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My story is one my mother told me that happened to her after I got polio. How before I got polio she went door to door getting money for the march of dimes. Then when I got polio she ask for help because I needed a leg brace and was told by the march ... (read more)
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I WAS THE YOUNGEST VICTIM TO HAVE POLIO IN 1950 IN WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA..I WASN'T QUIET 3 MONTHS OLD..MY RIGHT SIDE IS AFFECTED....THE MARCH OF DIMES PAID FOR ME TO ATTEND CAMP EASTER SEAL 2 SUMMERS & BOUGHT ME BRACES & SHOES..I AM 55 NOW & DOING ... (read more)
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