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My Grandparents on Surviving Polio, How They Met & Life Without AC

The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby

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The Iron Lung

I couldn't even move my hands. The only thing that I could move was my tongue, psalm, and my eyelids. March of Dimes paid a total bill for seven months: Wheelchair braces, crutches, $5,000. Kids would get these little cards in school with little slots. And you'd go home and say, 'Put film on me' People actually eradicated polio with money that just little bits of money from everybody,. You know?

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