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Polio based on information in the novel Blue by Joyce Hostetter. By Brooke,Sarah,Devin,Hunter. Symptoms of Polio. Your legs and back start to hurt. (page 116) Your head will hurt.(116) Your arms will be floppy by losing strength. (page 116) You cant move.(116) You will become weak.(116).
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Poliobased on information in the novel Blue by Joyce Hostetter By Brooke,Sarah,Devin,Hunter
Symptoms of Polio • Your legs and back start to hurt. (page 116) • Your head will hurt.(116) • Your arms will be floppy by losing strength. (page 116) • You cant move.(116) • You will become weak.(116)
Treatment for Polio • Kenny packs keep arms limber. (page 123) • A physios help exercise muscles. (page 126) • Iron Lungs help polio patients breath.(page62) • Teach to talk to muscles to get them to move. (page 142) • Teach them to use crutches. (page 186)
Our reflections about Polio • We think polio is a bad disease. • We wouldn’t want to get it. • It took a lot of people’s lives. • It was bad for the economy. • It was feared throughout the state, and now we know why.