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I was born in Des Moines, IA in 1963 2 1/2 months premature with multiple puzzling birth defects that baffled nearly all who saw me: most agreed that the best place to send me for surgery was the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, and my mother, who had waite ... (read more)
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I was blessed to have parents that had no idea about my needs as a polio child.I was to do every thing my brothers and sister were to do.I keep trying to tell them I wasn't able to do the hard manual labor of plowing and shucking corn.I felt guilty b ... (read more)
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I was born in March 53 and six months later contracted polio in the right leg. I went into the Queen Alexander Solarium at Mill Bay B.C. and at 1 1/2 years age was the mascot for the 1955 Mother's March on Polio.
In one of my earliest memorie ... (read more)
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I've supported the March of Dimes for many years. However, the Mothers March kit had a special meaning to me. It arrived on the very day that my daughter told me she was expecting her first child. This will be a high-risk pregnancy due to age and dia ... (read more)
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My youngest daughter, Joy, had a baby in January, named Regan Elizabeth. I sit for her, so my neighbors see her quite often. I feel really good about the amount of money my neighbors gave this year. Regan is a healthy, adorable 7-month old now. She i ... (read more)
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