[MissMary1980]

I wondered that too.. depends on where the polio struck them..seams to be many kinds of polio. Some people had to stat in iron lung all thier lives some got better with time.

[DiamondSmiles]

He's probably happy because that is all he has ever known. Kids are resilient. I'm sorry he had to be in there, but, he seems to be making the best of it.

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by Softballmama13 ↗

I wonder if they had to spend ALL their time in there, or not???

Not that I think Alfred Hitchcock was a doctor, but, they had an episode where the woman, who was probably in her 40's or so, could come out 45 minutes at a time. I do not know if it was once a day or what. Hard to tell the age of people in old shows because they all looked so much older drinking, smoking and coffee fiends!

[GregK]

Yes. Without the iron lung the patient would not have the muscular strength to breathe on his own. I remember one of the last polio victim died recently ( last fifteen years ) because the power went out for something like 5mins and she passed away.

[LadyCPlum]

Originally Posted by GregK ↗

Yes. Without the iron lung the patient would not have the muscular strength to breathe on his own. I remember one of the last polio victim died recently ( last fifteen years ) because the power went out for something like 5mins and she passed away.

I actually think it wasn't even THAT long ago, an article from February of this year in San Diego noted the passing of a 70-something year old woman who was in an iron lung.

[Zambini]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles ↗

Not that I think Alfred Hitchcock was a doctor, but, they had an episode where the woman, who was probably in her 40's or so, could come out 45 minutes at a time. I do not know if it was once a day or what. Hard to tell the age of people in old shows because they all looked so much older drinking, smoking and coffee fiends!

I remember that episode

[Rusty666]

nice post