My father , may he rest in peace, contracted polio at a young age in Scotland. He quickly became paralyzed from the neck down and was in an iron lung to breathe. He got out of the iron lung and he too had the virus leave his upper half only to localize in the lower half. A hospital became his home. Boarding school was his next battle. Then college for fashion. Then opening a hair salon in Canada. Then starts a family. He was ambitious for someone in pain every minute of the day. A sever limp due to one leg being 3 inches shorter than the other-- that big leather boots help correct the gaps and add support - his hip smaller on one side, and a leg completely dead from the knee down. He later got surgery to have a leg lengthened but hated the hospital as it brought back tramatic times from childhood. After raising two healthy able bodied children as a stay at home dad the struggles of PPS hit my family hard and knee troubles had doctors debating surgery that brought the dreaded 'needing to learn to walk again -- for the 3rd time'. and my mum planned to divorce him ... We lost him suicide the next year but he was a positive gentle soul, my best friend and a true inspiration, with a perspective that Few have and share. He left us a note saying 'never doubt you are loved' & During his darker days he wrote a book to keep his spirits up that would share his story with others.. It was never published as he could not find someone who wished to back it. And it really wasn't finished , one of my goals is to do that and get it published but at 24 I need to get on it already. His book, it is called 'Smile and the world smiles with you' ... Can't believe it has been 10 yrs he has been gone but he would have been 65 last month. If you would like to read his book it I would love to share it with someone who might find some interest in it ?
I ask you to stay strong and smile often. I wish you all the very best. Nice to see an interesting AMA . :)
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My father , may he rest in peace, contracted polio at a young age in Scotland. He quickly became paralyzed from the neck down and was in an iron lung to breathe. He got out of the iron lung and he too had the virus leave his upper half only to localize in the lower half. A hospital became his home. Boarding school was his next battle. Then college for fashion. Then opening a hair salon in Canada. Then starts a family. He was ambitious for someone in pain every minute of the day. A sever limp due to one leg being 3 inches shorter than the other-- that big leather boots help correct the gaps and add support - his hip smaller on one side, and a leg completely dead from the knee down. He later got surgery to have a leg lengthened but hated the hospital as it brought back tramatic times from childhood. After raising two healthy able bodied children as a stay at home dad the struggles of PPS hit my family hard and knee troubles had doctors debating surgery that brought the dreaded 'needing to learn to walk again -- for the 3rd time'. and my mum planned to divorce him ... We lost him suicide the next year but he was a positive gentle soul, my best friend and a true inspiration, with a perspective that Few have and share. He left us a note saying 'never doubt you are loved' & During his darker days he wrote a book to keep his spirits up that would share his story with others.. It was never published as he could not find someone who wished to back it. And it really wasn't finished , one of my goals is to do that and get it published but at 24 I need to get on it already. His book, it is called 'Smile and the world smiles with you' ... Can't believe it has been 10 yrs he has been gone but he would have been 65 last month. If you would like to read his book it I would love to share it with someone who might find some interest in it ?
I ask you to stay strong and smile often. I wish you all the very best. Nice to see an interesting AMA . :)
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