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My grandfather was paralyzed from polio, and ultimately died from complications of post-polio syndrome. It's a nasty virus. I have living memory.
by sterlind 4y ago
My grandfather was paralyzed from polio, and ultimately died from complications of post-polio syndrome. It's a nasty virus. I have living memory.
- Asparagirl 4y agoMine too! He was a first generation American, born and raised in the Bronx. Caught polio at summer camp, probably in his very early teens. WAS IN AN IRON LUNG FOR A YEAR. HAD TO LIVE APART FROM HIS FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME. As immigrants working their way up from the sweatshops, and eventually running their own quasi-sweatshop, they could not leave to be with him through years of recuperation. Recovered. Never ever wanted to talk about what he had been through. My dad didn’t even know until he was an older teen. Post-polio syndrome arrived. No medications available to help, because there was no interest from companies in putting money into developing the medications, because no one was ever going to get polio again, right? Contributing cause of death.