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A Polio Memoir


Chapter Excerpts

Chapter1 - Polio

At the foot of the stairs, I looked back.  I was holding Kelly in my arms, and over the top of my baby's head, I could see Bob struggling to make his way down the steps.  His long arms were stretched out to touch the walls on both sides of the stairwell.  He touched first one wall and then the other as he swung his legs by the hip joints in slow crab-like movements, one step at a time....

Chapter 2 - The Journey

While Bob remained on the critical list, I went to see him at every opportunity. It would have been impossible to afford a baby sitter, so I would take my two younger children, and park as close to the ward as I could. There was a relatively secluded lawn area with patchy grass just outside the ward, and I left them there to play while I ran in to see about Daddy.....

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