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Wellstone ruled

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4. Best friend had Polio.

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Sat Jun 24, 2017, 06:36 PM

Jun 2017

That was 1952,closest Hospital was 15 miles away. He was transfer to the Sister Kenny Facility in St Paul Minnesota. Seems to me,he was their some 6 or 8 months. He was one of the Lucky Ones. No paralysis and as a Farm Kid,his Physical Labor help regain his Muscle Mass.

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So McConnell Had Polio as a Child... [View all] busterbrown Jun 2017 OP

So it sounds like it was "FDRs Charitable Program dealing with Polio," pangaia Jun 2017 #1

Yes, the miserable bastard would have been crippled for life had he not smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #2

This was the "March of Dimes". marybourg Jun 2017 #3

Best friend had Polio. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #4

Like that Republican Texas Governor crippled by the tree fall... bagelsforbreakfast Jun 2017 #5

Since FDR was behind it...kind of hard not to call it a Fed Program. bresue Jun 2017 #6

exactly what i was thinking busterbrown Jun 2017 #8

The other side makes up whatever they want and 35-40 million eat it up pbmus Jun 2017 #7

Yeah yeah, and it turned him into a turtle Dem2 Jun 2017 #9