My ordeal began on a Friday early in September. One of those was a twelve-year-old girl in Austin, Minnesota: Peg Schulze. In 1949, there were 42,033 cases reported in the United States. Before a polio vaccine was developed, I knew that polio killed or crippled thousands of people, mainly children, each year, but I never expected it to invade my body, to paralyze my muscles. Peg Kehret 1: The Diagnosis I never thought it would happen to me.
The incidents all happened, and the voices are as close to reality as I can make them. Since I have no transcript of these events, the dialogue is not strictly accurate, but the people mentioned are all real people. Those months, more than any other time of my life, molded my personality. I was astonished by the intense emotions these memories brought with them. When I began to write about my polio days, long-forgotten memories bubbled to the surface. Back to School Epilogue Image Gallery More about Polio Special Thanks Books for Young People by Peg Kehret Bibliography For my parents: Beth and Bob Schulze. An Oxygen Tent and a Chocolate Milkshake 4. Anniversary Edition Small Steps: THE YEAR I GOT POLIO Peg Kehret Albert Whitman & Company Me at twelve, just before I got polio.
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