tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post3456708906895160065..comments2024-03-16T08:31:08.514-07:00Comments on Welcome Words: Surface KnowledgeMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-10536261497850895522014-10-23T00:03:46.382-07:002014-10-23T00:03:46.382-07:00I remember a girl in primary school who contracted...I remember a girl in primary school who contracted polio, (contracted always sounds to me like you signed a contract agreeing to have it), she spent several years in an iron lung and eventually came back to school in grade seven with a brace from ribs to ankles and two elbow brace walking sticks to help her walk. She continued to improve and by the end of the year still had leg braces but just one walking stick. I believe she still wore a full brace to bed at night though. <br />I also remember a movie made about polio and an Australian nurse who developed the hot towel therapy to relax the spasms in the muscles so the contracted muscles wouldn't be permanent and the fight she had to get it recognised as an official treatment, because it really did work. I don't recall the name of the movie. I heard several years ago that the actor Alan Alda had polio as a child and had the hot towel treatment, thus ensuring complete recovery.<br />We had the vaccine when the van came to our town, it had a door on either side and we went in one door, got the jab and went out the other door. My older sister is so terrified of needles she sped in one door and out the other without getting the vaccine. Mum and Dad had to take her back in and hold her down for it.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-74403611477651894712014-10-22T15:13:37.175-07:002014-10-22T15:13:37.175-07:00vaccines made a huge difference in all sorts of wa...vaccines made a huge difference in all sorts of way. so many diseases have disappeared ; it’s tragic that some or on the way back. When I was little we had that famous drop of something on a sugar cube too.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-26155396112611605362014-10-22T15:02:55.837-07:002014-10-22T15:02:55.837-07:00I grew up around the fear of polio but only saw ca...I grew up around the fear of polio but only saw cases of it on newsreels at the movies. As an adult, I have met several people who were affected. Thank God for the vaccine and Jonas Salk. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-1559943219428238212014-10-22T09:41:05.716-07:002014-10-22T09:41:05.716-07:00I remember the polio scare well and the avoidance ...I remember the polio scare well and the avoidance of swimming pools until the polio vaccine surfaced.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-22171260703609762392014-10-22T08:46:09.619-07:002014-10-22T08:46:09.619-07:00I too remember when polio was common. Our doctor t...I too remember when polio was common. Our doctor thought that I had polio. I had been in bed sick. The doctor came to the house daily to check on me. I didn't understand why he wanted me to get out of bed so he could see me walk. I didn't know until much later that he was worried that I had polio. Mama must have been scared to death.Henny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-84209387302645714242014-10-22T07:00:31.825-07:002014-10-22T07:00:31.825-07:00my dad had polio as a child and as a result, one l...my dad had polio as a child and as a result, one leg was shorter than the other. he always had to buy two pairs of shoes, one pair a size9 and the other a size 11 (I think) so that he would have shoes to fit his different sized feet. my mother told me one time that they feared I had it when I was very young but if I did it was so mild as to leave no reminders. I remember going to get the first polio vaccine when I was in elementary school, a pink drop on a sugar cube. it was kind of scary but the whole family went and got it.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-46094496056923629362014-10-22T05:19:53.997-07:002014-10-22T05:19:53.997-07:00Horrifying to see that it's still going on in ...Horrifying to see that it's still going on in parts of the world today. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-22152006839845412862014-10-22T05:19:21.376-07:002014-10-22T05:19:21.376-07:00I remember my mother's friend Maudie, who had ...I remember my mother's friend Maudie, who had spent countless hours in an iron lung and was still in a wheelchair. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-51582300635813583192014-10-22T05:10:38.498-07:002014-10-22T05:10:38.498-07:00My mother made sure that my sister and I were ther...My mother made sure that my sister and I were there the first day those shots were available. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-61042610368231172242014-10-22T04:34:00.658-07:002014-10-22T04:34:00.658-07:00Our parents had us lined up at the polio clinics f...Our parents had us lined up at the polio clinics for the shots...three of them over a span of time....and then breathed a sigh of relief that they had saved their children. It was a frightening time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-88889573527805556442014-10-21T18:36:35.650-07:002014-10-21T18:36:35.650-07:00Polio was common when I was growing up in the 40&...Polio was common when I was growing up in the 40"s and 50's. Now we rarely hear about it. It's hard to realize it devastated so many lives. Your uncle faced the challenges and you remember him for his over all strong person.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-62354531175931983372014-10-21T18:26:41.671-07:002014-10-21T18:26:41.671-07:00My neighbor across the street had polio. He was fr...My neighbor across the street had polio. He was from Korea. They recently sold their house, and that man worked so hard to pull it all together before they put it on the market. He had a difficult time getting around, but did more work than the rest of the neighborhood put together in a week's time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-6728113672761543312014-10-21T16:48:47.395-07:002014-10-21T16:48:47.395-07:00This is a very thoughtful post. Makes me wonder ab...This is a very thoughtful post. Makes me wonder about why Sam had all those operations. RIP, Sam. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-25364072018427107592014-10-21T16:29:50.124-07:002014-10-21T16:29:50.124-07:00Polio was such a part of our childhood. One family...Polio was such a part of our childhood. One family in our neighborhood had two children contract the virus and suffer paralytic deformities. I went to school with a girl in a complete leg brace. It was all around us.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.com