Show C of my wheel chair One day I just decided I didn't need it anymore I'held onto the walls and shuffled my way to classes That evening I stood beside the elevator on my floor and waited for my dad to step out I walked with him to my room and he was as proud as though I had just been crowned Miss America Any patient who can prove to the doc-tors’ and therapists’ satisfaction that he is able to manage an activity is given permission to go ahead and try I set to work could I walk In that the streets proving cross the road before the red light changed aild get aboard a bus My therapist went with me on these tryouts and I did everything under her observing eyes Finally I was checked out for short excursions mitted at a much lower fee On Noe 22 when a stretcher was brought to mjr room to transfer me I grabbed my father! ann and hhuled my- t “I’ll walk out!" I aaid self to And wiUi Dad’s help I made it—only as far as the corridor true but it was part of the promise I made to myulf to walk again sooner than anyone expected The Institute’s policy is to put patients rooms and my roommates in four-bewere much worse off than I was I couldn't feel too sorry for myself t a girl of 15 had ' ' e comy muscles and improve ordination After- the lunch break the afternoon classes were demoted to speech therapy ambulation and more exercise For awhile my biggest block was In' learning to feed myself I was so clumsy in handling a spoon or a ’fork that I was always spilling mashed potatoes or green peas down my blouse I insisted on eating in my room sitting in a chair with my face turned to the walL But my room-mate with the broken neck soon cured me She ate with me of this and the two of us would explode laughing at the mess wo were maUag oeMtpdves lab It wasn’t long before the devised a fork for me bent to an angle that was right for my range of motion and with a knoblike affair on the handle for me to graapi I became pretty good at spearing my food without slopping I didn’t wait for permission to get out 1 pouon Ml UTS WITH PUILENS nAmM pal car Soot to PULVEX I ISIS Dept W CMIaa Avaaua Clucaaa 14 Mums H rTirzda Cushion Holds FalseTeeth Tight Snap brand Dao- taia Cadiloas art a triawpk of ad-- oUMHIsI a Sol rt that prts rld af tlw anaog tit aaaa af kioas Mb Sttina hha Saa aaaaa am frrftatad aiaaa ana w laaaa daaturaa Halpa piaaaat faod parti aha paUiac aadarjjMaa AppMtd tawia-alar inalr la plata aiaaa parfad wanfart Rat aap thian — talk hath — plataa “alar pal1 gang ra llaart can hat from 1 ta 4 Star aoft and pHabit kanalaaa la gnaw ar daataraa Paai rtaM ant whan daSr balbar lapianaiaat ia aaadtA-M- a wkb adhnrivaa Cat Sana brand Platan Caabjaaa todayl t Snail far apparar lam ar plataa IMS Maaay back K Bat satie-St- d Atal draaetcU tn ossmuinoamiweTuna pawunva Mdwu ocaa pat Lhr your “golden years” without laxative i Growing older doesat mesa you kovt to taka laxatives or “bulks'1 that work unnaturally uncomfortably! Take sew Rbgvtol It's not a laxative yet R rotor icgularity as no laxative - can Rboutol simply makes tha moisture m your colon keep wane sor for easy normal elimination Hatpi-ts- l prowd- -ur not Try Reoutol greatest ambition was to drive my car Mother was frightened of the Mt idea but Dad felt I could do it He took me through all the paces over and over again testing my reaction time and soon I was a licensed driver again k After a checkup visit to the Institute last July I have a dearer picture of what I must do to complete my recovery I have speech lessons at home with a private instructor twice a week I wear a special brace on my left thumb for driving and I still have trouble handling small objects like coins My left leg drags just a bit and I won’t be able to read until I can be fitted with corrective lenses My handwriting is still large and acraggly with an uphill slant but my typewriter practice is coming along very wdL On my rebirthday party last Oct 2 I thought of those l22 activities of daily living I had to reiearn and I felt nothing but the deepest joy and gratitude at how incredibly lucky I’d been I no longer ask why did this have to happen to me I think only of the miyade of having all my five senses back and I pray to God for the strength and courage to make a complete recovery I believe that He must have had some good reason for pulling me through and that I will have my chance at a full life as a whole woman 1062 FREE: Writ a for it PHOTO CUDfTS Xi tows Laoma Crtpar Faga 14 Olaha Pbofm hmbti-formh- tg two-wee- - - self-he- lp it FIR ‘ On March 2 1961 after 2 months at Institute I was discharged At home my parents and two kid brothers Tommy 14 and Michael 9 did not let me rest on my laurels I admit I wanted to be babied a bit but they did me the great favor of not doing I had definite chores to do: straightening up downstairs with the vac-uum washing dishes helping with supper going to market hand-to-ey- - t) ' the associate director Dr Donald Co made it very clear to me right from the beginning that I was facing the hardest work of my life “Pat” he said rehabilitation You’ll “we cant spoon-fee- d have to work for every step of progress with everything you’ve got and then you’ll have to work some more” I was put “on program” almost immediately and for the first few weeks I was too exhausted to stay up past 8 :30 pm Classes began promptly at 9 and except for lunch went right through to 4 My first session was mat class where I worked on exercises to strengthen my arms and legs back and tummy The second hour was devoted to physiotherapy to extend the range of motion in all my Joints Next came occupational therapy to ' cant help catting worm! now and than but you can sat rid of roundworms tor ma fast and aasy just by miin HJtvu wohm cans right in my food No No starving ma aithar nasty aftereffect No vomiting Packaged for dogs and pup plea caty and k Stans At landing pat da- part manta ooarywhoio “1 the and I decided to take the bus( and go shopping If people stared at us we' were too busy to notice — my friend with her crutches and I shuffling after her favoring my right leg which was alwayg stronger than the left But we swung ' aboard a bus and made it to the store where my friend’s crutches cleared the aisles for us Then we pooled our money on a taxi and came safely back as elated as the team that climbed Mt Everest Mrtee The - pleasel” ampu- - ROOMMATE d ' Pulvex Worm Caps it my-fee- been pushed into an empty swimming pool during a playful scuffle and her neck was broken resulting in almost total paralysis a girl of 17 was totally paralysed frbm the waist down the aftermath of an automobile accident a woman of 25 was an amputee There I was with no parts of my body missing and with a good chance of making all of them work again! for my worm problems— - Emily Wertly April I USt - -- Docs BLADDER IRRITATION niSar litnyfOii ' ulMORlIOftWhy OF MUHf- - Afltr M esousoa Kidney ar aacar aad awi rtutlaat aflta wmin bath dar aad alakt aiilr ran war lasa data aad tattw flaw Kradathtt Satkstha aad fwt aid Uiad dtactttv Ia aaah trrHaUaa cram smuIIt bftaaa law lalaWat tiwtirt kr aarMaa IrritaUa ettatt la aaid aaadt-Ut- at tad Sr altlaa iniUmt aala rtttcf Ott OWTKX at dnuntiti Chaw sa aad Ittt War fatt KaitMraartljkt dry sbia raaaing itch from aim piles? 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