The VIRUS That Changed Our Lives Forever: The Story of Arthur E. Gordon

During the 1940s and 1950s, polio would paralyze or kill over half a million people worldwide every year.The Fear was Overwhelming!My father was the young new pastor of a small Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Ohio in August 1955. Our happy family consisted of my Dad (31 years old), my Mom (32 years old), my two brothers (Jack 6 years old, Jim 3 years old) and myself (Joyce 2 years old).One morning our lives turned upside down, never to be the same again. When my brother Jack woke up that day, he was unable to swallow and struggled breathing. My parents were horrified. Their worst fears were confirmed. He had polio.Jim and I also contracted the virus. Jack and I ended up having to be admitted to the hospital and then to a convalescent home for several months. My dad was concerned that he might have the virus as well but was told by the doctors that he probably just had sympathetic symptoms because of his three children having the virus. But 10 days later he could not get out of bed. Som