My story is a story about a young girl struggling with fitting into a society that's designed for the able bodied. Polio was rampant in the early fifties, it did not have a vaccine until around 1954, at the age of three I came down with the virus and changed the course of my life. Many lives were lost because of this virus, but many more were saved with the polio vaccine.
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Stories by MamaPat123
Setting the record straight
This is my story of loving your child and they feel like you're the enemy, when all you want to do is protec...
Call Me Patty
My story of living with polio and the people that influenced my life. Growing up in the fifties and sixties w...