Red Brick Birdcage

A POLIO STORY - don't let this happen to your children

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Contagious, Physical Impairments, Reference

• Author: Michael Creurer
• ISBN: 1230000248887
• Publisher: Safety First Consulting
• Publication: June 18, 2014
• Language: English

This is the story of a child who unknowingly participated in a very important chapter of Canadian history, a painful chapter that taught Michael and hundreds of thousands of others like him in North America how it was indeed possible to survive and thrive after a potentially deadly disease left them disabled.

From the onset of polio until the age of 13 Michael experienced many elective surgeries to correct a deformed limb. The surgeries enabled him to live with moderate disability up until the age of 35.

Thirty-three years following the onset of poliomyelitis, postpolio syndrome has taken Michael back into the confines of disability while at the same time leading him onto a path of compelling and varied life experiences.