Show Relate Polio Experience Editors Editor's Note The following was prepared by Mr and Mrs Morgan Dyreng for publication It tells of their experience when their d daughter Margaret contra cont con eon t tra r l' a act c t e d polio Mr Dyreng grateful for the expert treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment given their daughter is directing the March of Dimes drive in Manti this year When we were informed by bythe bythe bythe the doctors that our daughter Margaret had every symptom of polio and they advised us to take her to the Salt Lake County County Coun Coun- ty hospital immediately because every minute counted courted we felt very depressed and defeated before before be before be- be fore we ever began the fight We Ve were admitted to the hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital by trained men in the field of polio who were able through specialized tests to determine determine de determine de- de termine the type and the nature of her case There were many trained nurses and therapists available to us along with respirators respirators respirators res res- if her case should necessitate them It relieved our burden when we found the advances made through research and study in this field Funds Ready if Needed We Ve were asked to register with the Polio Foundation and were told that should we need financial aid it would be given us through the Foundation We Ve were given much help by the trained personnel in explaining the nature of polio the symptoms symptoms symptoms toms and the treatments given for it We Ve were fortunate in an n that Margarets Margaret's case was of a milder nature than than- some and did not require months of hospitalization hospitalization tion the use of iron lungs etc We Ve were able to assume the bills of the hospital and doctors doctors doctors doc doc- tors ourselves leaving funds that are surely needed by people people people peo peo- more seriously affected After the muscles affected were determined we were vere transferred transferred transferred trans trans- to the L D S hospital for further treatment Here a therapist therapist therapist ther ther- trained by a Polio Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation scholarship gave Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet the treatments necessary to restore the badly affected muscles Recovery is s Miraculous 1 When we saw the miraculous recovery reco that took place in a month of strengthening and rebuilding re rebuilding rebuilding re- re building her muscles we became became be be- came very grateful for the research research re research re- re search and wonderful stride forward forward forward for for- ward that has been made inthe in inthe inthe the field of polio We Ve saw many p people e o 0 p 1 e made strong again through these treatments and Continued Continue on page 5 RELATE POLIO EXPERIENCE Continued from page 1 all of us felt indebted to the Foundation for the knowledge and training it has made pos pos- sible Some Cases are Pitiful We Ve also saw many pitiful cases who will require months and years of treatments before they will even be able to help themselves at ill One year old girl became a fast friend of ours She had been in the hospital since August August August Aug Aug- and was still only able to move two fingers She had been in a respirator for weeks but was was leas removed from that It was necessary for her mother to leave a small family at home in inVernal inVernal inVernal Vernal to be with her daughter It was almost heart breaking to see sec the mother stand over her daughter and do all things for her She would have to wipe her daughters daughter's tears feed her and do whatever er she needed needed needed need need- ed done for her The months ahead look long and hard for her and we know the financial burden is much too great for forone forone forone one family to assume Also there were several young Mothers some of them almost helpless others only partially paralyzed But their hr Inn and the tho th fin fin- hearts 1010 were heavy I J u u ancial burden was great A young father and his son lay side by side in the hospital hardly able to do a thing for themselves We Ve know they need help One young boy has been in a respirator for months and it looked as though he would be bethere bethere bethere there for some time to come Through facilities made possible by the Foundation he will be moved to a respirator center where other victims like himself himself himself him him- self can be taken care of by trained rained people Can Happen to You Yau We Ve found this can happen to you Most lost of these people I have mentioned ere sere L 11 well one day aay and ana then men 1 stricken down the next day If ever you or your loved ones are placed in a similar circumstance circumstance circumstance circum circum- stance you will appreciate the great advances for treating this dreaded disease What a happy day it will be when they perfect a vaccine against against a a- polio Every cent you give helps in the research to determine the cause and control control con- con rol of polio Mothers 1 we must join this March larch on Polio to protect our loved oved ones It is our only hope against the dreaded disease Please give all you can Itis It Itis Its is s needed and needed badly |