bulbar polio
victor Dearen / 1944
On or about 1944, I was diagnosed with bulbar polio, in that my swallowing ability completely left me. After about30 days in St. Joseph Hospital in Louisville,KY, I regained some ability to swallow but only progressed to about 50 per cent recovery, l ... (read more)


Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Kacy Henry / 2004
My baby brother was born six weeks early in Lafayette ,Louisiana following the hurricane. Hunter was put in the NICU because his lungs were under developed. Five days later, I was sitting at home watching TV when my parents called me in tears. The do ... (read more)


polio survivir
sheila larocca / 2956
i was 26 years old when i came down with polio which changed my life forever. i was married and had three little boys. it was on july 26, 1956 that i was stricken and was away from my family for a long time. i had bulbar polio ad it also affected my ... (read more)


My childhood with polio
JoAnn Robinson-Potts / 1952
I was told that at the tender age of two, I contracted polio in Jackson, Ms. in my right leg. My uncle and aunt rushed me to the doctor and from there I was referred to a hospital in Vicksburg, Ms. that had a treatment center for children with polio, ... (read more)
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