I know back in the day, there was a pump on the back that could be used to pump the air in and out if the power goes out. Not sure if her parents came to assist her in time. It is a sad story all the way around.
+David Wasser Yes, but in the event of a power outage, there was a pump where the feet of the patients would be (can be seen at 0:29) that could be pumped to give the person oxygen into the loungs.
When I was a kid I had a touch of Polio. I don't know how long I was in the hospital but I will never forget the kids that were in those Iron lungs. I remember I could not use my legs for a couple of months? But with all the physical therapy you can't tell that I had it. My heart goes out to all of those kids. Thank you GOD for all the GIFTS you have given me.
Dianne O'Dell is my cousin whom I loved dearly. She was so smart on all topics. I always enjoyed going back to visit Dianne after I moved to the middle Tennessee area. I am so proud of her family who always took excellent care of her. R.I.P. my precious cousin as you run free in the spirit. ❤🎉
This is so sad, I can’t believe how much she loves life even though she was in a iron lung for most of her life. I wish I could help. But it’s sooo beautiful how she appreciates life and it’s offers, even though she couldn’t see it. RIP ❤️❤️❤️ We will always love you!
Odell died on May 28, 2008 at age 61. A power failure and the failure of an emergency generator cut off her breathing device's functions. Family members attempted to use the emergency hand pump attached to the iron lung to keep her breathing, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
Seeing all those kids in those machines just about made me cry man, I couldn’t imagine if my daughter got immobilized for life. I’d absolutely lose my shit.
My grandpa had Polio. He doesn't have anything like this. But to this day he still has trouble walking. He just using a wheelchair. I'm so glad he came out strong.💚
I dont understand they had no electricity and she dies, but from what i heard there is that big black handle on the back for manual operation if the power goes out, unless nobody was home
They had electricity, but there was a power outage. They owned a back-up generator for situations like that, but when they tried to switch it on, it wouldn't fire up. I don't know how easy it is to handle the machine manually--and remember her parents were in their late 80's--so any manual pumping they could do was not sustainable for hours on end.
Iron Lung living would be the worst if you had OCD. Imagine being alone in your never ending spiraling and intrusive thoughts, with nothing to do to distract yourself.
I have OCD. Obviously this is terrible for anyone but I had an MRI once or twice and I had a movie going but I was so freaked out by how small the space was and I couldn't move. It was for 45 minutes every 5 years or so. My OCD is pretty bad and I can't go a little bit without racing thoughts. My heart breaks for all these poor poor people
Sweet lady 😔 rest in peace Dianne My uncle didn’t live in an iron lung but suffered paralysis and mental retardation and was institutionalized from a young age due to polio. This generation doesn’t understand the power of vaccines.
Kelly Stevens: Money for health care is not unlimited. You have maybe 30 people who are affected by this, and millions are affected by many other issues. I don't mean it to be callous, but immunizations have really reduced the number of people who are stricken with polio and need endless assistance from a ventilator.
Edwin and Mina's bich There aren't any modern options. Only for positive pressure breathing but this doesn't work well for post-polio affected people. So they need something that utilizes negative pressure and the only thing humanity has developed for that is the iron lung.
She was such a sweetheart it is so sad to see her pass away of such a terrible disease may her soul rest in peace.....even if it is 10 years later ❤️❤️❤️
I had polio in 56 at age 7 and have always been thankful that I didn't need a iron lung. I did need to learn to crawl and walk again and my hands shake when I feed myself. I did suffer for years with lung infections my lungs are fine now. I am blessed. It saddens me that this lovely lady had to live so many years in a iron lung. I feel for her parents as they worried about who would care for her after they passed. ☹️
I know a woman who has muscular dystrophy and she went to the hospital she couldnt breath or talk and she was put in an iron lung. She gained her voice back and felt great but she couldnt imagine bringing the iron lung home so she stayed on her resperator she died of an infection soon after. She has a twin sister who also has muscular dystrophy she is on a respirator. She has a hard life but she is so positive about everything she always has been. She and her sister accomplished more than people who can move there body's and they both have and had more positive attitudes.
I don't think so. No one wants to die. Its better to be 60 years in that thing than to die. Only people who are healthy thinks that way. But you can adapt to everything to survive.
People seem to think their being alive is the most important thing in the universe, but really if one were to die the world would keep turning, it wouldn't come to a halt so why does one NEED to survive? If you are in a position that the suffering you have outweighs the instinctual desire to be alive then its perfectly reasonable that someone would want to die. In this woman's case she was able to keep going and much respect to her for that, but there are plenty of people who would simply not be able to cope with such a thing.
Nozyspy You never were rushed to the hospital or were seriously ill, huh? Of course its horrible spend your whole life in this thing. But its better that to be dead! If it wouldn't be that way, she probably would die in the first years. From my experience in the hospital, I've seen so many people without any spirit inside. They realy were dead inside, they didn't want to go on with life, but more than tired of life they all fear death. This made me realy think again about everything. I don't think there is anything after life, if it would, people wouldn't be so afraight. So they must know instinctively there is nothing.
I have a friend named Ron. Ron has polio and has a S shaped spine. He is able to live life without an iron lung. It always kills me to see him in the condition he is in. I feel terrible for everyone that caught the disease.
I remember when I was a kid having the polio vaccination, BIG PANIC IN OUR TOWN ...at the time ,someone ( a kid I think ?) got polio and the next moment everyone got the vaccnation adults snd kids. My knees buckled after, ,my uncle got dizzy and some other adults also,, and other kids fainted....it was the worry and shock for most. But no more polio cases.Saw a kid years later in the city in braces at a school told he got polio years back it got his legs tempory in braces to help him walk....found out he was getting better slowely with therapy .Glad I got the vaccination its nasty.
My husband has a cousin who contracted it in ‘52 or ‘53 and she is one of those still living. Right now the victims still living are desperate for maintenance and repair on their 60-yr-old machines. If anyone knows of someone who could help that way please ask them to try.
I might last 1 or 2 years, but then I’d just go live in heaven, i could never just sit in one of those all day every day, and listen to that sound all day
It must’ve been terrible when the power went out and she no longer heard the sound of the machine, knowing that it was al over for her. Hopefully she didn’t suffer.
Why has she not been removed from this archaic machine and given the rocking bed? My father had full paralysis and spent two years in the iron lung before they introduced him to the rocking bed which is what he used for the remainder of his life. He also use the MONAHAN machine when he wanted to go somewhere.
This lady was so brave and inspirational. It's such a terrible shame so many had to deal with this awful illness. Any parent who is thinking of denying vaccinating their children should watch this. Why would any parent want to knowingly put their child/children through this. We don't know how lucky we are to have access to life changing vaccinations that were not available years ago.
So sad! I hope she could go around and outside with that Iron lung. It's amazing how she's appreciating her life how it is. She's so brave and courageous. She's a hero! When someone talks about how the are anti-vaccinations I'm going to show them these videos!
thats so sad and heartbreaking to see a child in that condition. that's tough on their parrents too. 😢 when i thought i saw it all, this video appears. i can't stand how humans can suffer so much for so long.
This is so sad if I had the money I would help these people....no one should ever worry about dying because the power goes out
I know back in the day, there was a pump on the back that could be used to pump the air in and out if the power goes out. Not sure if her parents came to assist her in time. It is a sad story all the way around.
+ScopedKilz The problem was the back up generator failed to kick in when the power went out.
+David Wasser Yes, but in the event of a power outage, there was a pump where the feet of the patients would be (can be seen at 0:29) that could be pumped to give the person oxygen into the loungs.
Trashman very possible
Her parents could have been physically unable to help
When I was a kid I had a touch of Polio. I don't know how long I was in the hospital but I will never forget the kids that were in those Iron lungs. I remember I could not use my legs for a couple of months? But with all the physical therapy you can't tell that I had it. My heart goes out to all of those kids. Thank you GOD for all the GIFTS you have given me.
So glad to hear that you were one of the lucky ones and were able to recover!
Good for you but 'God' clearly wasn't on they're sides however
Dorito lad69 shut up
Dorito lad69 Let them believe what the want, and we will let you believe what you want.
Blue Flowah I don't think God was supposed to be the person who decides if you live or die.
61 years must be absolute hell in those things
Viper she had when she was 3 so technically 58
Thieng Niang
Get out
_InsertNameHere_ you get out
Ken Overman you get out
Id rather be shot
Dianne O'Dell is my cousin whom I loved dearly. She was so smart on all topics. I always enjoyed going back to visit Dianne after I moved to the middle Tennessee area. I am so proud of her family who always took excellent care of her. R.I.P. my precious cousin as you run free in the spirit. ❤🎉
Rest in peace Dianne Odell you were an inspiration to all of us.
OK this might be weird to ask but how will they girls who get polio were pads when they start menstruation?????? 🤔
@@killermeemestar9507 They have people that change them out I imagine. Like an adult that has to wear Adult briefs.
What a hard life
This is so sad, I can’t believe how much she loves life even though she was in a iron lung for most of her life. I wish I could help. But it’s sooo beautiful how she appreciates life and it’s offers, even though she couldn’t see it.
RIP ❤️❤️❤️
We will always love you!
She died in 2008.
Diego Dominquez she can spend like an hour out of it but that's it
Such a beautiful comment. And you are right.
I nearly broke out into tears when they said she died. Wow.....
It said she died from polio but I am not understanding if it is complications from polio or polio itself
@@joylynch5204 the answer is in the last clip she didnt died in polio
And I thought wheelchairs were bad...
Yup
Still better than this shit :'(
with a wheelchair u can go somewhere at all...
@@SimpleInThinking :,(
Yeah rather be in a wheelchair than this!
Odell died on May 28, 2008 at age 61. A power failure and the failure of an emergency generator cut off her breathing device's functions. Family members attempted to use the emergency hand pump attached to the iron lung to keep her breathing, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
Seeing all those kids in those machines just about made me cry man, I couldn’t imagine if my daughter got immobilized for life. I’d absolutely lose my shit.
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0:36 that little baby.. that really broke my heart💔
Imagine how boring it is just laying all day, every day in this noisy machine and not being able to move. God bless her.
I know right
Holy crap, i wasn't expecting it to be so loud. Can't imagine living like this. Or even having someone in my house with it.
She seemed like such a sweet person, she seemed amazing :(
My grandpa had Polio. He doesn't have anything like this. But to this day he still has trouble walking. He just using a wheelchair. I'm so glad he came out strong.💚
I dont understand they had no electricity and she dies, but from what i heard there is that big black handle on the back for manual operation if the power goes out, unless nobody was home
They had electricity, but there was a power outage. They owned a back-up generator for situations like that, but when they tried to switch it on, it wouldn't fire up. I don't know how easy it is to handle the machine manually--and remember her parents were in their late 80's--so any manual pumping they could do was not sustainable for hours on end.
Trashman that is just sad :(..damn
Trashman that's possible, especially since those things have manual switched for those things in case of outage
David Wasser 😢
Trashman 😢
Iron Lung living would be the worst if you had OCD. Imagine being alone in your never ending spiraling and intrusive thoughts, with nothing to do to distract yourself.
I have OCD. Obviously this is terrible for anyone but I had an MRI once or twice and I had a movie going but I was so freaked out by how small the space was and I couldn't move. It was for 45 minutes every 5 years or so. My OCD is pretty bad and I can't go a little bit without racing thoughts. My heart breaks for all these poor poor people
When she died she died suffocating alone in a metal tube unable to move. That sounds like sheer hell
Uh no a storm happened and knocked out power to her iron lung the back up Generator would not work she died at 61
Sweet lady 😔 rest in peace Dianne
My uncle didn’t live in an iron lung but suffered paralysis and mental retardation and was institutionalized from a young age due to polio. This generation doesn’t understand the power of vaccines.
Wow have sad.you would think in 2017 they could update this machine to give them a better life.
Kelly Stevens there are more modern things than this but once you're in the iron lung I'm pretty sure it's very dangerous to change to it.
Kelly Stevens: Money for health care is not unlimited. You have maybe 30 people who are affected by this, and millions are affected by many other issues. I don't mean it to be callous, but immunizations have really reduced the number of people who are stricken with polio and need endless assistance from a ventilator.
Edwin and Mina's bich There aren't any modern options. Only for positive pressure breathing but this doesn't work well for post-polio affected people. So they need something that utilizes negative pressure and the only thing humanity has developed for that is the iron lung.
She was such a sweetheart it is so sad to see her pass away of such a terrible disease may her soul rest in peace.....even if it is 10 years later ❤️❤️❤️
polio is terrifying
I had polio in 56 at age 7 and have always been thankful that I didn't need a iron lung. I did need to learn to crawl and walk again and my hands shake when I feed myself. I did suffer for years with lung infections my lungs are fine now. I am blessed. It saddens me that this lovely lady had to live so many years in a iron lung. I feel for her parents as they worried about who would care for her after they passed. ☹️
I feel very, very ashamed of myself, seeing how these people battled their destiny and how i sometimes struggle with so laughable 'obstacles'.
This so heartbreaking, it literally brought me to tears, my God intervene
To me, this is the very definition of hell. I’d honestly rather die than live this way. I’d be very angry if the doctors saved me
I know a woman who has muscular dystrophy and she went to the hospital she couldnt breath or talk and she was put in an iron lung. She gained her voice back and felt great but she couldnt imagine bringing the iron lung home so she stayed on her resperator she died of an infection soon after. She has a twin sister who also has muscular dystrophy she is on a respirator. She has a hard life but she is so positive about everything she always has been. She and her sister accomplished more than people who can move there body's and they both have and had more positive attitudes.
that whimpering "I don't" is just heart breaking...
I got polio at the age of 2,now I have pps,I am 74years old now,no fun,but very blessed, I was never in an iron lung machine. ❤
If i was in that i would want someone to kill me
SHADOW 525 4:45
I don't think so. No one wants to die. Its better to be 60 years in that thing than to die. Only people who are healthy thinks that way. But you can adapt to everything to survive.
People seem to think their being alive is the most important thing in the universe, but really if one were to die the world would keep turning, it wouldn't come to a halt so why does one NEED to survive? If you are in a position that the suffering you have outweighs the instinctual desire to be alive then its perfectly reasonable that someone would want to die.
In this woman's case she was able to keep going and much respect to her for that, but there are plenty of people who would simply not be able to cope with such a thing.
Nozyspy You never were rushed to the hospital or were seriously ill, huh? Of course its horrible spend your whole life in this thing. But its better that to be dead! If it wouldn't be that way, she probably would die in the first years. From my experience in the hospital, I've seen so many people without any spirit inside. They realy were dead inside, they didn't want to go on with life, but more than tired of life they all fear death. This made me realy think again about everything. I don't think there is anything after life, if it would, people wouldn't be so afraight. So they must know instinctively there is nothing.
Its not so much that people know there is nothing after, so much as they arent sure and or they do not have strong beliefs that give them comfort.
I feel bad for the people that had suffered due to polio. I wish Dianne Odell was still alive 😢 At least she's in heaven.
These poor kids! Its my week with my son from Monday (50/50 shared care) and I just want to hug him and have him with me
May God bless that family. My great aunt suffered from poliovirus. I was named after her and I’m so blessed I was. So sad to hear this story.
My great uncle is a survivor of polio
That’s great, I’m happy for him :)
@gulag luckily he didn't have to be. He passed away a couple of months ago from a stroke
Diane you are no longer in pain! Rest in peace my friend
My grandmother had polio but was lucky to escape with only feet issues.
She was 87 when she passed.
God bless this person
Are you fucking serious? I don’t think you watched the video. God is dead.
GOD BLESS??? wtf?
She died in 2008. And God doesn't bless people.
Amen .
Blue Flowah hey not funny
Big thank you to the parents what they have done over the years for the child..
I have a friend named Ron. Ron has polio and has a S shaped spine. He is able to live life without an iron lung. It always kills me to see him in the condition he is in. I feel terrible for everyone that caught the disease.
Poor Ron😔 God bless him
how does he breathe?
This has always caused my anxiety to shoot up. God bless her I can’t imagine
So inspiring what a lady. Just reminds you what you have
How does she go to toilet ? How does she eat? How does she have a shower?
It depends on the case whether dey can leave
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Mohammed Abdul Rab you mean they hold their breaths for hours? Because without this machine they can't breath
Some people in iron lungs CAN breathe independently, but it usually takes a lot of concerntration as it is no longer a natural responce.
3.sponge
Paul Alexander got it decades and decades ago and he is still living. He even wrote a memoir of himself... wow
I remember when I was a kid having the polio vaccination, BIG PANIC IN OUR TOWN ...at the time ,someone ( a kid I think ?) got polio and the next moment everyone got the vaccnation adults snd kids. My knees buckled after, ,my uncle got dizzy and some other adults also,, and other kids fainted....it was the worry and shock for most. But no more polio cases.Saw a kid years later in the city in braces at a school told he got polio years back it got his legs tempory in braces to help him walk....found out he was getting better slowely with therapy .Glad I got the vaccination its nasty.
I feel so bad for anyone who has to go threw this:(
I CRIED THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME!!!! 😞 SO SAD
So yes, I really think that it was way better for her to depart... very sad story and a very courageous woman.
Its so sad she seems like such a sweet women.
RIP
An inspiration to all, rest in peace Dianne.
Wow so sad! RIP Dianne!!!
My grandfather had Polio so I find it really tough to see these people who weren’t as lucky as him. It breaks my heart 🥀💔
Respect, I personally couldn’t live like that!
This is sad ... so sad :( , the amount of things she missed in her life.
My husband has a cousin who contracted it in ‘52 or ‘53 and she is one of those still living. Right now the victims still living are desperate for maintenance and repair on their 60-yr-old machines. If anyone knows of someone who could help that way please ask them to try.
5:35 NOOOOOOOOOO!!! SHE DIED?! THATS SO DEPRESSING!!! Why did she have to die like that?! 😭😭😭
Its like they are alive but for what ? To be laying there motionless?
Nooooo she passed away without having the chance to live outside the iron lung 😥😥
she would never had that chance.... there was no other machine that worked for her
jennifersykes5 😭 that IS SAD 😔
Whoa. Did not expect the end of the video 💔
What a loving parents ❤️
I don’t know her, but I love her! She is a good person :)
respect for her
she is so strong r.i.p. wise old woman you will be missed sweetie
My father got polio when I was 3. He was in an iron lung but he did not survive.
God bless you and your father
4:10 .. so is it 30 people or 3 people still in iron lungs ???
I might last 1 or 2 years, but then I’d just go live in heaven, i could never just sit in one of those all day every day, and listen to that sound all day
u alive ?
Rest in peace beautiful 🙏
It must’ve been terrible when the power went out and she no longer heard the sound of the machine, knowing that it was al over for her. Hopefully she didn’t suffer.
thats very sad after surviveing all those years.god bless
Rest In Peace.
Am I the only one who cried like I can’t imagine me or my 5 yr old brother isn’t these
Why has she not been removed from this archaic machine and given the rocking bed? My father had full paralysis and spent two years in the iron lung before they introduced him to the rocking bed which is what he used for the remainder of his life. He also use the MONAHAN machine when he wanted to go somewhere.
This would drive me insane, how can you sleep with the noise also my love to Dianne Odell , so sad she died with a tragic incident like that
Wait. If you look at an iron lung guide video, you can see that there is a lever on the back for manual operation. Did her parents not know that?
I cried the whole video
Para viver a sim mais vale a morte 🤔😪😪😪
How do they eat?
being fed…?
RIP. You're free
This lady was so brave and inspirational. It's such a terrible shame so many had to deal with this awful illness.
Any parent who is thinking of denying vaccinating their children should watch this. Why would any parent want to knowingly put their child/children through this. We don't know how lucky we are to have access to life changing vaccinations that were not available years ago.
So sad! I hope she could go around and outside with that Iron lung. It's amazing how she's appreciating her life how it is. She's so brave and courageous. She's a hero!
When someone talks about how the are anti-vaccinations I'm going to show them these videos!
thats so sad and heartbreaking to see a child in that condition. that's tough on their parrents too. 😢 when i thought i saw it all, this video appears. i can't stand how humans can suffer so much for so long.
Thank you God for giving them strength and hope to survive I am sure they are having fun in heaven with there family
Rip Dianne we all loved her :(
😭may god given the healness of this issues
God bless everyone 🙏❤️
Diane is an angel
May she rest in peace..
5:00
Exotic Flash what
Imaleafonthewind listen to what she says.
Why is her iron lung machine so loud? I've seen other documentaries where an old guy had one and it was almost silent
You should watch the story of Dr. Paul Alexander.. he became a Doctor despite it all..
Man, her parents are amazing.
Wow this was so sad these poor people 😭
anti vax parents should be made to spend a week in one of these things. that would be enough to change the mind of most sane people
I was a child in the fifties and I remember kids being in the iron lung..It was so sad for those children. polio was all full
Do they cut them open or do They just put them I'm there
They just put them in there. From a polio survivor of 83 years.
So sad. I'm crying.
That is so scary oh my goshhhhhhhh 😱 😱 😱 😱 😱
My brother.was in an iron lung when he was two he was in it four years
The noise seems mostly mechanical. I’m sure it would be possible to fit a newer linear motor that would be almost silent.
What a horrible death! So sad may she rest in peace! The only good thing is she didn't outlive her parents and have to go into a nursing home!
Man it would suck to have polio so thankful so thankful that the outbreak is over think about it she never got to learn how to drive and plenty more