The nurses rolled all the stretchers and wheelchairs as close as they could around the small TV. We all went wild when the Beatles sang their number one song, “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” It was a welcome reprieve from our pain and the long recovery we all had to endure.

“I HAD polio and now I’m living with the late effects of that terrible virus. There’s no denying it. “

I could not move anything except one eyelid; even the muscles controlling my eyeballs went limp and my eyes just rolled around aimlessly. I could not breathe, swallow, talk, or move. I was only eight.

The world will keep on twirling whether you are happy or unhappy. It's up to you to have a good life.

His three months in the hospital included an iron lung, a rocking bed and painful physical therapy. He learned how to stay positive in the face of adversity.

Thomas Fetterman caught polio when he was 8. His various hospital stays included needing an iron lung. Despite his many challenges he always looks for the positive aspects of his experiences.

My parents decided to volunteer our entire family (themselves included), feeling strongly that it was the right thing to do.

His parents would have given anything for their son to have had a vaccine to prevent polio.

I’m remembering my mother; a beautiful, delicate unassuming person who brought me through my initial bout with Polio and the resulting rehabilitation and surgeries. Mothers of Polio survivors are unsung heroes.

This Polio Survivor Inspired Love in his Grandfather’s Art.

“It is not a tragedy to me that I'm living in a wheelchair.” Judy Heumann

Serving my country . . . and paying it forward. By Donald P. Abrams

Wayne Nichols, Jr. - Serving with Honor

These Philadelphia-area polio survivors continue to suffer from a disease thought to be long gone.