{"id":5713,"date":"2024-03-15T12:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=5713"},"modified":"2024-03-15T12:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:35:20","slug":"5713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=5713","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOh my God, not my son,\u201d Paul recalled his mother saying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4437868426839878\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_4_host\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_4\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;client=ca-pub-4437868426839878&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;adk=785555753&amp;adf=2274076029&amp;pi=t.aa~a.1381849204~i.12~rp.4&amp;w=727&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1710506073&amp;num_ads=1&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=8843891780&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=727x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatriottruths.com%2F76-year-old-man-paralyzed-from-polio-at-6-is-one-of-the-last-people-with-an-iron-lung-my-life-is-incredible%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3yt5YUTpmBgBl02j16deqilgD_o9ei24NRoI0aITnngheckcMT-6hk-RQ&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=182&amp;rw=727&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;fa=27&amp;uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTIyLjAuNjI2MS4xMjkiLG51bGwsMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siQ2hyb21pdW0iLCIxMjIuMC42MjYxLjEyOSJdLFsiTm90KEE6QnJhbmQiLCIyNC4wLjAuMCJdLFsiR29vZ2xlIENocm9tZSIsIjEyMi4wLjYyNjEuMTI5Il1dLDBd&amp;dt=1710506071887&amp;bpp=1&amp;bdt=2860&amp;idt=-M&amp;shv=r20240312&amp;mjsv=m202403130201&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D05abd6fdd499c27c%3AT%3D1709570530%3ART%3D1710506073%3AS%3DALNI_MapB4B8PIjLpJ5mhcCIT0qF45vLTA&amp;gpic=UID%3D00000d68b3a92131%3AT%3D1709570530%3ART%3D1710506073%3AS%3DALNI_MaBFa-YGJCCewQfe3CybmWUrH_thw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3Df44e42239b965f62%3AT%3D1709570530%3ART%3D1710506073%3AS%3DAA-AfjYxviuEEb0zGJZy1XqP-zSM&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x250%2C300x600%2C727x280&amp;nras=3&amp;correlator=339290077275&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;ga_vid=2015966237.1709570528&amp;ga_sid=1710506071&amp;ga_hid=1468620278&amp;ga_fc=1&amp;u_tz=60&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=1024&amp;u_w=1280&amp;u_ah=984&amp;u_aw=1280&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=94&amp;ady=2401&amp;biw=1263&amp;bih=897&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759842%2C95327950%2C95327955%2C31081481%2C95321865%2C95325784%2C31078663%2C31078665%2C31078668%2C31078670&amp;oid=2&amp;psts=AOrYGsm6pV5MnTNdGLVVIbjvmT0h45J7BpFv8tZbvlklrkTVxLh3RsHWl6WYzWq3yNiZxPCLttpt4GunVwXbQSdh-yeD9rPY&amp;pvsid=3051953309885152&amp;tmod=2075974951&amp;uas=3&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2F&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1280%2C0%2C1280%2C984%2C1280%2C897&amp;vis=2&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;td=1&amp;psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&amp;nt=1&amp;ifi=5&amp;uci=a!5&amp;btvi=3&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=1295\" name=\"aswift_4\" width=\"727\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!5\" data-google-query-id=\"COntoNij9oQDFd7qGAIdHsMAag\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>Following doctor\u2019s orders, he spent the next several days in bed recovering, but the boy clearly had polio, and he was not getting better. Less than a week after he started feeling sick he couldn\u2019t hold anything nor could he swallow or breathe.<\/p>\n<p>His parents finally rushed to the hospital where he joined countless other children experiencing similar symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Before vaccines were available for polio, more than\u00a015,000 people were paralyzed\u00a0from the virus. Polio, an incredibly contagious\u00a0infection, can spread even when an infected person has no symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>The symptoms of polio include fatigue, fever, stiffness, muscle pain, and vomiting. In rarer cases, polio can also cause paralysis and death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7259\" src=\"https:\/\/ceeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iron-lung1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paul was examined by a doctor and pronounced dead, but then another doctor took a look at him and gave him another chance at life.<\/p>\n<p>The second doctor performed an emergency tracheotomy, and following the surgery, Paul was placed inside an iron lung.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4437868426839878\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_5_host\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_5\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;client=ca-pub-4437868426839878&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;adk=785555753&amp;adf=1653553443&amp;pi=t.aa~a.1381849204~i.26~rp.4&amp;w=727&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1710506073&amp;num_ads=1&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=8843891780&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=727x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatriottruths.com%2F76-year-old-man-paralyzed-from-polio-at-6-is-one-of-the-last-people-with-an-iron-lung-my-life-is-incredible%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3yt5YUTpmBgBl02j16deqilgD_o9ei24NRoI0aITnngheckcMT-6hk-RQ&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=182&amp;rw=727&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;fa=27&amp;uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTIyLjAuNjI2MS4xMjkiLG51bGwsMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siQ2hyb21pdW0iLCIxMjIuMC42MjYxLjEyOSJdLFsiTm90KEE6QnJhbmQiLCIyNC4wLjAuMCJdLFsiR29vZ2xlIENocm9tZSIsIjEyMi4wLjYyNjEuMTI5Il1dLDBd&amp;dt=1710506071790&amp;bpp=2&amp;bdt=2763&amp;idt=2&amp;shv=r20240312&amp;mjsv=m202403130201&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D05abd6fdd499c27c%3AT%3D1709570530%3ART%3D1710506073%3AS%3DALNI_MapB4B8PIjLpJ5mhcCIT0qF45vLTA&amp;gpic=UID%3D00000d68b3a92131%3AT%3D1709570530%3ART%3D1710506073%3AS%3DALNI_MaBFa-YGJCCewQfe3CybmWUrH_thw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3Df44e42239b965f62%3AT%3D1709570530%3ART%3D1710506073%3AS%3DAA-AfjYxviuEEb0zGJZy1XqP-zSM&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x250%2C300x600%2C727x280%2C727x280%2C1263x897&amp;nras=5&amp;correlator=339290077275&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;ga_vid=2015966237.1709570528&amp;ga_sid=1710506071&amp;ga_hid=1468620278&amp;ga_fc=1&amp;u_tz=60&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=1024&amp;u_w=1280&amp;u_ah=984&amp;u_aw=1280&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=94&amp;ady=4047&amp;biw=1263&amp;bih=897&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=460&amp;eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759842%2C95327950%2C95327955%2C31081481%2C95321865%2C95325784%2C31078663%2C31078665%2C31078668%2C31078670&amp;oid=2&amp;psts=AOrYGsm6pV5MnTNdGLVVIbjvmT0h45J7BpFv8tZbvlklrkTVxLh3RsHWl6WYzWq3yNiZxPCLttpt4GunVwXbQSdh-yeD9rPY&amp;pvsid=3051953309885152&amp;tmod=2075974951&amp;uas=3&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2F&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1280%2C0%2C1280%2C984%2C1280%2C897&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;td=1&amp;psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&amp;nt=1&amp;ifi=6&amp;uci=a!6&amp;btvi=4&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=1872\" name=\"aswift_5\" width=\"727\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!6\" data-google-query-id=\"CLexvNij9oQDFW9BCQkdi10FNQ\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>When he eventually woke up, three days later, he was among several rows of children also encased in iron lungs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI didn\u2019t know what had happened. I had all kinds of imaginings, like I\u2019d died. I kept asking myself: Is this what death is? Is this a coffin? Or have I gone to some undesirable place?\u201d the Texas native told<em>\u00a0As It Happens<\/em>\u00a0host Carol Off in 2017.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7260\" src=\"https:\/\/ceeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iron-lung2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">R Scott James \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paul, who also had a tracheotomy, couldn\u2019t speak, making the whole event even more terrifying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to move, but I couldn\u2019t move. Not even a finger. I tried to touch something to figure it out, but I never could. So it was pretty strange.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>The machine, invented in the late 1920s, was the first to ventilate a human being. It was often referred to in the early days as the \u201cDrinker respirator\u201d the device is hermetically sealed from the neck down and creates a negative pressure in the chamber that draws air into the patient\u2019s lungs. If it generates overpressure, the air is forced out of the lungs again, and the patient exhales.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7261\" src=\"https:\/\/ceeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-772227749.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paul spent 18 months inside the metal canister recovering from the initial infection. And he wasn\u2019t alone. The year Paul was infected by the virus, 1952, was a very dark year looking at the statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 58,000 people, primarily children, contracted the virus in the U.S in 1952. Sadly, 3,145 of them died.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4437868426839878\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_7_host\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_7\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;client=ca-pub-4437868426839878&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;adk=785555753&amp;adf=2001979744&amp;pi=t.aa~a.1381849204~i.44~rp.4&amp;w=727&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1710506103&amp;num_ads=1&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=8843891780&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=727x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatriottruths.com%2F76-year-old-man-paralyzed-from-polio-at-6-is-one-of-the-last-people-with-an-iron-lung-my-life-is-incredible%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3yt5YUTpmBgBl02j16deqilgD_o9ei24NRoI0aITnngheckcMT-6hk-RQ&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=182&amp;rw=727&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;fa=27&amp;uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTIyLjAuNjI2MS4xMjkiLG51bGwsMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siQ2hyb21pdW0iLCIxMjIuMC42MjYxLjEyOSJdLFsiTm90KEE6QnJhbmQiLCIyNC4wLjAuMCJdLFsiR29vZ2xlIENocm9tZSIsIjEyMi4wLjYyNjEuMTI5Il1dLDBd&amp;dt=1710506071812&amp;bpp=1&amp;bdt=2785&amp;idt=1&amp;shv=r20240312&amp;mjsv=m202403130201&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D05abd6fdd499c27c%3AT%3D1709570530%3ART%3D1710506073%3AS%3DALNI_MapB4B8PIjLpJ5mhcCIT0qF45vLTA&amp;gpic=UID%3D00000d68b3a92131%3AT%3D1709570530%3ART%3D1710506073%3AS%3DALNI_MaBFa-YGJCCewQfe3CybmWUrH_thw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3Df44e42239b965f62%3AT%3D1709570530%3ART%3D1710506073%3AS%3DAA-AfjYxviuEEb0zGJZy1XqP-zSM&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x250%2C300x600%2C727x280%2C727x280%2C1263x897%2C727x280%2C727x280&amp;nras=7&amp;correlator=339290077275&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;ga_vid=2015966237.1709570528&amp;ga_sid=1710506071&amp;ga_hid=1468620278&amp;ga_fc=1&amp;u_tz=60&amp;u_his=2&amp;u_h=1024&amp;u_w=1280&amp;u_ah=984&amp;u_aw=1280&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=94&amp;ady=5956&amp;biw=1263&amp;bih=897&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=2411&amp;eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759842%2C95327950%2C95327955%2C31081481%2C95321865%2C95325784%2C31078663%2C31078665%2C31078668%2C31078670&amp;oid=2&amp;psts=AOrYGsm6pV5MnTNdGLVVIbjvmT0h45J7BpFv8tZbvlklrkTVxLh3RsHWl6WYzWq3yNiZxPCLttpt4GunVwXbQSdh-yeD9rPY%2CAOrYGsnuPVyb_b1lZgTI2Lw23tJW7SX7y0msB28bPjKdbzgromPWJ4rQC-GX0V34jbqLG7PkagXsDz7I-_v2W9YzFPuHCnA&amp;pvsid=3051953309885152&amp;tmod=499917695&amp;uas=3&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2F&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1280%2C0%2C1280%2C984%2C1280%2C897&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;td=1&amp;psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&amp;nt=1&amp;ifi=8&amp;uci=a!8&amp;btvi=6&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=31255\" name=\"aswift_7\" width=\"727\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!8\" data-google-query-id=\"CKy_vuaj9oQDFU3bGAIdZIAD_A\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs far as you can see, rows and rows of iron lungs. Full of children,\u201d he said, according to\u00a0The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>While some may have given up their will to live, it only fueled Paul\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p>He would hear doctors say, \u201dHe\u2019s going to die today\u201d or \u201cHe shouldn\u2019t be alive\u201d whenever they passed by him, and he wanted to prove them wrong.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7262\" src=\"https:\/\/ceeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-515427562.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cIron Lung\u201d victims at Baltimore\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital have a television set now, thanks to the generosity of the Baltimore Rotary Club. This is probably the first set used to relieve the tedium of polio victims. Mirrors on the lungs permit the patients to see daily broadcasts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-and-that-s-exactly-what-he-did\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">And that\u2019s exactly what he did!<\/h2>\n<p>In 1954 he was discharged from the hospital, but he quickly learned his life was drastically different than before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople didn\u2019t like me very much back then,\u201d he said during a\u00a0video interview\u00a0in 2021. \u201cI felt like they were uncomfortable around me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOh my God, not my son,\u201d Paul recalled his mother saying. Following doctor\u2019s orders, he spent the next several days in bed recovering, but the boy clearly had polio, and he was not getting better. Less than a week after he started feeling sick he couldn\u2019t hold anything nor could he swallow or breathe. 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