Comments on: 60 Years in an Iron Lung http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bwd http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/comment-page-1/#comment-1981798 bwd Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:38:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24189#comment-1981798 i am learning all about this DR. Jonas Salk built it i am learning all about this DR. Jonas Salk built it

]]> By: Rob http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/comment-page-1/#comment-1838120 Rob Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:39:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24189#comment-1838120 I was on dialysis for almost a year before my kidney transplant and it was awful and i only had to be hooked up to the the machine three days a week for four hours. I can't imagine being stuck inside that contraption for 60 years. If were stuck in there I would have been begging someone to please unplug the thing so I could pass on after about a week. I was on dialysis for almost a year before my kidney transplant and it was awful and i only had to be hooked up to the the machine three days a week for four hours. I can’t imagine being stuck inside that contraption for 60 years. If were stuck in there I would have been begging someone to please unplug the thing so I could pass on after about a week.

]]> By: dar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/comment-page-1/#comment-1732005 dar Wed, 13 May 2009 01:12:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24189#comment-1732005 -the tragedy is that the medical profession was aware of the published papers of Dr.Klenner,who c1947, cured almost all of his polio-stricken patients with unpatened ascorbic acid IV.. www.orthomed.com -the tragedy is that the medical profession was aware of the published papers of Dr.Klenner,who c1947, cured almost all of his polio-stricken patients with unpatened ascorbic acid IV..
http://www.orthomed.com

]]> By: Tracie http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/comment-page-1/#comment-1731532 Tracie Tue, 12 May 2009 23:08:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24189#comment-1731532 Dianne Odell of Jackson, Tenn. died last year after 60 years in her iron lung. She passed away when the house lost power and the back up generator couldn't start. http://bumpshack.com/2008/05/28/longest-living-iron-lung-survivor-dianne-odell-dies/ Dianne Odell of Jackson, Tenn. died last year after 60 years in her iron lung. She passed away when the house lost power and the back up generator couldn’t start.

http://bumpshack.com/2008/05/28/longest-living-iron-lung-survivor-dian ne-odell-dies/

]]> By: Mouserz http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/comment-page-1/#comment-1729222 Mouserz Tue, 12 May 2009 08:35:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24189#comment-1729222 I would have killed myself after 2 years. I would have killed myself after 2 years.

]]> By: Ajan http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/comment-page-1/#comment-1728801 Ajan Mon, 11 May 2009 16:55:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24189#comment-1728801 Wonderful Woman Wonderful Woman

]]> By: Rhea http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/comment-page-1/#comment-1728713 Rhea Mon, 11 May 2009 16:13:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24189#comment-1728713 She should have bottled her attitude and sold it. Wow! I would just gripe. She should have bottled her attitude and sold it. Wow! I would just gripe.

]]> By: kevin http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/comment-page-1/#comment-1728677 kevin Mon, 11 May 2009 15:00:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24189#comment-1728677 (linkback) Wow! or Meh? 60 Years in an Iron Lung [VOTE] - http://www.pikk.com/ea4f7 (linkback) Wow! or Meh? 60 Years in an Iron Lung [VOTE] – http://www.pikk.com/ea4f7

]]> By: felixthecat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/11/60-years-in-an-iron-lung/comment-page-1/#comment-1728652 felixthecat Mon, 11 May 2009 13:45:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=24189#comment-1728652 I feel like I am choking. She does have a good attitude though, and even with a mobile ventilator, her muscles must be terribly atrophied. My mother used to tell us about some kid in an iron lung at a hospital. After awhile, his family stopped coming to see him, and he spent decades in a windowless room with white tiles on floor and walls, the fluorescent light overhead spitting and flickering. I feel like I am choking.

She does have a good attitude though, and even with a mobile ventilator, her muscles must be terribly atrophied. My mother used to tell us about some kid in an iron lung at a hospital. After awhile, his family stopped coming to see him, and he spent decades in a windowless room with white tiles on floor and walls, the fluorescent light overhead spitting and flickering.

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