Eulie Nahm's Story
Our Member's Stories
THREE OUT OF SIX AND I MADE THE LIST
Polio was a list I would gladly passed on. Now I thank God it was
me and not one of my brothers or sisters.
The picture of me as a child was used on a polio poster for March
of Dimes when I was five in Lansing, MI.
My story starts when I was three and half years old. I am one of
six children, the third in line......click link to Janice's story
Polio was a list I would gladly passed on. Now I thank God it was
me and not one of my brothers or sisters.
The picture of me as a child was used on a polio poster for March
of Dimes when I was five in Lansing, MI.
My story starts when I was three and half years old. I am one of
six children, the third in line......click link to Janice's story
Betty Loyd
I REMEMBER WELL
i can remember well when getting polio. It was the summer
of 1946 in July, between 7th and 8th grade. An article in the
Florida Times Union stated it was the 9th case of polio in
Duval County that summer. I was spending the night with
my best friend and after riding our bicycles all day I started
feeling bad. My mother was called to come get me..
click link to Betty's story
i can remember well when getting polio. It was the summer
of 1946 in July, between 7th and 8th grade. An article in the
Florida Times Union stated it was the 9th case of polio in
Duval County that summer. I was spending the night with
my best friend and after riding our bicycles all day I started
feeling bad. My mother was called to come get me..
click link to Betty's story
Quarantined with Polio:
Hello my name is Kathy Hutchinson. If you would give me a
moment I would like to tell you a little about myself.
I had polio in 1955 at the age of seven. My family lived in
Trenton, NJ at the time and my father was a doctor, my mother
a nurse. They kept me at home for a month quarantined...
Click on link Kathy's story
Hello my name is Kathy Hutchinson. If you would give me a
moment I would like to tell you a little about myself.
I had polio in 1955 at the age of seven. My family lived in
Trenton, NJ at the time and my father was a doctor, my mother
a nurse. They kept me at home for a month quarantined...
Click on link Kathy's story
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Kathy Hutchenson
As the treasurer of our Post Polio Support Group, my name
may sound familiar to you all. I was born fifty something
years ago in the Philippines. At that time, the polio vaccine
was not yet available in our country and I was one of the
many victims who became infected with the polio virus. I
was only three months old. My left arm and left leg were
seriously affected, but I was fortunate ......Click link to Eulie's story
may sound familiar to you all. I was born fifty something
years ago in the Philippines. At that time, the polio vaccine
was not yet available in our country and I was one of the
many victims who became infected with the polio virus. I
was only three months old. My left arm and left leg were
seriously affected, but I was fortunate ......Click link to Eulie's story
Frances Powell’s Story 2nd Vice President w/FCPPSG
I, too, was a victim of that 1954 polio epidemic which swept
the country just as the Salk vaccine was being tested in a
field trial before it was announced in April, 1955. I was an
active toe-dancing, tennis-playing 12-year old who had just
learned to do the splits.
We’d been on a hayrack ride,......Click on link to Frances story
I, too, was a victim of that 1954 polio epidemic which swept
the country just as the Salk vaccine was being tested in a
field trial before it was announced in April, 1955. I was an
active toe-dancing, tennis-playing 12-year old who had just
learned to do the splits.
We’d been on a hayrack ride,......Click on link to Frances story
Ann Hazard Puts the PPS Puzzle Together
I was raised in La Jolla, California-the town where the Salk Institute is
located. I am 57 years old and confirmed that I’d had polio about 10 months
ago. When I questioned my 87-year-old father about it, he admitted that I
“might have had a mild case of polio,” and then...
Click on link to Ann's Story
I was raised in La Jolla, California-the town where the Salk Institute is
located. I am 57 years old and confirmed that I’d had polio about 10 months
ago. When I questioned my 87-year-old father about it, he admitted that I
“might have had a mild case of polio,” and then...
Click on link to Ann's Story
Phyllis Sands story
At times feeling like a fish forever swimming against the current.
Well this little fish has learned to stop turn around and go with the
current.
I would like to introduce myself to the group. My name is Phyllis Sands
I was born June of 1954 in Gainesville Florida and lived in Brooker Florida. At 3 months of age I
was diagnosed with polio. I was then taken to Jacksonville Florida and admitted to Hope Haven
Hospital, who had by then an extensive program for victims of polio. I stayed at Hope Haven for
several years. I was in an Iron lung for a while. I had multiple surgeries and the "hot blanket"
treatments, one of the things
At times feeling like a fish forever swimming against the current.
Well this little fish has learned to stop turn around and go with the
current.
I would like to introduce myself to the group. My name is Phyllis Sands
I was born June of 1954 in Gainesville Florida and lived in Brooker Florida. At 3 months of age I
was diagnosed with polio. I was then taken to Jacksonville Florida and admitted to Hope Haven
Hospital, who had by then an extensive program for victims of polio. I stayed at Hope Haven for
several years. I was in an Iron lung for a while. I had multiple surgeries and the "hot blanket"
treatments, one of the things
John and Phyllis Sands
Phyllis is now battling breast cancer. Please
hold he up in prayer and that of her family.
hold he up in prayer and that of her family.