Kansas City polio survivor is one of last iron lung users in U.S.
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2018
- For 36 years, Mona Randolph, 82, slept six nights per week in a 75-year-old, 700-pound and 6-foot-long iron machine. She couldn't breathe without it. Update: She passed away on February 18,. 2019.
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She died this February. God rest her beautiful soul.
May she now spread her wings and fly. Amazing woman.
R.I.P. polio survivor 😩😓😭
Amén
@IDxzzy XBL maybe 60 years ago
@@danielkerr4100 What an insensitive comment. And she was beautiful still, inside and out.
Okay but shoutout to that 75yr old machine. Damn
lol omg
Built to last...
Made in America!
Eric ...that was uncalled for.
@@teevee7678 Why?
I will never complain again, what a wonderful brave lady bearing such an illness.
Hello Jane, how are you doing doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
I had the honor of speaking with Mona before she passed away. She had a spirit that would not quit and a husband by her side that loved her dearly. This world has lost a beautiful loving soul, rest in peace sweet Mona.. I will always remember you!
Some decades ago, I thought that people using the iron lung couldn't leave it even for a second or they would suffocate. I'm so glad to find out that many polio sufferers who use the iron lung are in fact able to leave it for hours at a time.
@Ao jun uses negative pressure to let them breathe.
Some could and some couldn't, I watched the video with the guy in it and he couldn't get out. I'm not sure I could do it and would have given up along time ago.
Don't think they ALL can though ....... depends on the degree of paralysis.
@@Ryan-re1rs that guy also got out for hours at a time. He said so in another video
@@Ryan-re1rs i saw that one too.
She looks stunning, she must have a been a true beauty when she was younger
They show a picture if you look back and she was beautiful when younger also.
why is there only 1 reply
myasian why not
This is kinda a weird comment but also a nice one
OXY yo wtf😂😂
This video was 5 years ago wow... to think this video helped me learn about this illness........R.I.P to you Paul Alexander 🕊
While at school one of my friends was struck down by polio, it was devastating to our whole class. The fact that some. People would not vacsinate against this scourge is unthinkable.
People don't know any better. It's the same with Covid, had people had the job of taking care of elderly people dying from it they'd probably would change their tune but there's a strange callousnes to this world these days so who knows.
Vaccinate*
The antivax conspiracy theorists are gaining more and more ground these days unfortunately.
@@zanzah_vaxenaet*
@@zanzah_ vacinate*
Mona Jean randolf
August 26 , 1936 - February 18 , 2019
R.I.P
Denise Morrison wait she died?
What no??? She dead!!!
Yes she is
What I can’t believe it
Sara Gacha Sadly, she did.
This is...so unbelievably sad. She was young, begining her life, and that came to a screeching halt when she got polio.
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Jeez what is going on
What a beautiful lady, God Bless her and sad to hear she passed away, but finally she’s free of this disease and I really hope she’s in a better place 🙏🏻
You can just hear the amount of strength it takes for her to talk she was a trooper till her last breath
Still shocked by the iron lung. We are so blessed to have the modern medicine we have now.
Talking Kitty Cat Hello talking kitty cat, yes we are blessed, sad to see antivaxxers exist
Imagine having salmonella without antibiotics.
We miss u :(
Rest in peace Steve cash
While vaccines can be effective, they do not prevent the illness from striking.
As a polio survivor who spent 3 weeks in an iron lung at the age of 4, I can't imagine having to use the machine again. She had an indomitable spirit to survive in one so long.
I'm so sorry for you
oh wow, what was it like??
what was it like?
@@ninacate9158 I was pretty much unable to move, except for my upper body, and had to lie on my back all the time. I was given a stuffed toy to hold and that was my only bit of diversion. Being in isolation, my parents were not permitted to come in the room, and I could only see them through the window in the door.
@@stewartsa1 oh my goodness, that would’ve been terrifying, i just think how lucky we are now that we have the technology and more vaccines and stuff like that to prevent things like polio
I often come back to this video . Very touching lady and family
Not gonna lie, she was freaking beautiful in her young age. And honestly, she is still beautiful. You can understand it by looking at her elegant face. May you soul rest peacefully. 😌😌
She did look pretty good hair day just why that pose it's kind of creepy
@StarektTheGhost ya in 2019..
Yesss shes soooo beautiful and a strong woman
She is, I just want to know how the iron lungs work
As we age we are like books. The pages get a bit worn, but the story is just as beautiful.
Mona passed away on February 18th, 2019. RIP Mona 🌹
RIP
Rip Mona 😭😭
RIP miss MONA😘😭
RIP
Rest in peace
Thank you for sharing your story - brave lady
This is unbelievable I really appreciate this woman she survived very complicated life
Damn. There's no way I could do what she did. I would break, maybe end it all, but she powered through. Mad respect
Pb?
But for what? A long miserable life?
Arsonist_Xpert ikr this isn’t living this is breathing
Prince Vegeta hell yes
for 3x3...
For me, this looks like one of the scariest and most sad diseases you can have. Just not being able to walk or be with your friends when they hang out, or be with your family is absolutely sad to me
But you know what's worse? What they put in the vaccine?!?!!!? /S
Back then it was even worse cause people were scared. They socially isolated them. My grandpa got it when he was 3 years old and was never able to walk withou help. He deffinitely had anger issues and other stuff carried inside. He had a wife, 3 children and 11 grandchildren, yet he had an emptiness due to his younger years. Even my dad was asked if he was really going to marry my mom, the daughter of a cripled (the phrase sounds even worse in Spanish).
@@luciaremolina4991 was it worse tho back then? Cause now (and I know, there are almost no cases of iron lung left now) people depend more on society’s outlook of them, and losing the ability to walk or go outside just completely isolates you from society. That’s why I’m so scared of it, I have this fear that no one will remember or care about me, because I’ll be isolated in this machine all my life
@@mrsombrero8797 I think medicine has moved forward a lot and is still changing. Also, people are a lot more open about disabilities and conditions, plus the focus on mental health. That's why we have to sorround ourselves with the right people, nothing different to most diseases. Although polio is no longer a huge thing, there's still a lot of cases in my country with a crappy health system. The pandemic has also taken a toll on vaccinations of little kids. People in the USA and Europe that don't vaccinate their kids are very negligent and acting in a very ignorant way (the world is bigger)
First time we forced people to take "vaccines" against their will. Was it the disease or the vaccine?
Aww... she's so beautiful! God bless this wonderful lady.
This made me cry. 😢Mona's dancing in Heaven now. Thank you for sharing her story!
Rest in Peace, soldier. You were always a huge inspiration to me and taught me that “quality of life” is up to the individual and their outlook on life.
Why is this recommended during the covid pandemic she even said “it’s better then letting it go epidemic again” like is this a sign or what
Donovan i really don’t know
@Head N Shoulders dirty jo or because its sorted in an algorithm...
It’s recommended so antivaccers understand what happens when you don’t vaccinate your child, if this people would had a vaccine by the time they would 100% take it, but some people prefer their children to die suffering at the age of 4
Sergio Guerra that’s unnecessary, people have their reasons.
Sergio Guerra its never cause they want their child to suffer, plus a child isnt gonna die from not taking them.
My grandmother was a polio survivor. She contracted it at the age of three and spent her youth in a very bad hospital. Though she was bound to a wheelchair, practically her whole life, her and my mother were the strongest women I knew. Both, her and my mother died from cancer, her on 9/18/09 and my mother 7/10/20. I miss both of you so much.
im so sorry for your loss, i almost loss my mom to breast cancer 3 years ago. She had one of the most invasive and aggressive forms of breast cancer known. luckily it was caught 2-4 months after it started to develop. there were many days and nights spent fighting for her life, thankfully she pulled through and has been in remission for a little over a year now. cancer is one of the scariest things. im so so sorry for your loss. stay strong💕
i am so sorry for your loss, rest in peace to them both 🕊.
@@trenquility330 How was that funny..?
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@@trenquility330 how is this funny dude its not unny
God bless you.. what a beautiful soul enduring such an unimaginable hardship. You are flying free now. Godspeed.
There's a man named Paul who is still in a iron lung to this day. Very said God bless her
I watched a video on him last week...he accomplished so much even though he's in that machine, it's so inspiring.
I saw his video also on utube
This kind of iron lung was obsolete in the 1970s. There were better, more modern versions available that allowed people mobility and freedom. A very few (less than 1%) of people rejected them and chose to stay in there, mostly because they'd been in there since childhood and were afraid to come out.
They don't even make parts for the old Drinker-style iron lungs anymore, nor will the insurance companies pay to have special ones fabricated from scratch. The few remaining users have to literally buy parts from India and repair them themselves.
Paul Alexander. He grew up in the neighborhood I grew up in although he was much older than me.
He died today😢
Who else had to keep taking deep breaths while watching this video?
Omg I couldn't stop breathing. It's a bad addiction and I have it. Plz pray for me it hard for me to live with it.
Me too
I was still breathing 🤔😁
lol ur all gay
@@PrestonBozeman
🤣🤣🤣
Just noticed that. We're in our own bubble though so only the other 3 are gay.
How heartbreaking that anyone would have to spend their lives going through this. If reincarnation exists, this poor woman is owed a wonderful life. God bless her soul.
Yet your same god planned her life to be like that.
This is a beautiful thought.
She is definitely owed a new wonderful life.
Reincarnation does exist, and its nothing good as you may think, death is, not like many think, the end of life, its the beginning of THE actual life. Reincarnation traps your soul once more in this artificial prison with the curse of flesh, and prevents your soul from ascending, unless your consciousness learned the right/true things of this world in a mortal lifetime.
@SR ❤❤❤
My mom got polio in 1956 too was in iron lung for 3 years! Passed in 2002! 💖
i can’t even begin to imagine laying in that machine for more than 35 years.. she was such a strong woman and may she rest peacefully 🤍🤍
I knew an old woman who literally lived her life in one of those machines...everyday all day it seemed. I used to stay with her as long as I could to keep her company. I would talk to her and brush her hair to help her relax and sleep through it. So sad 😔
RIP
@@quantumcatgaming1365 Thank you.
@@tibor5675 I was talking to kaykay
Jude Morrow thank u
@@DoubleAAce NOT FUCKING YOU
She seems so nice and is really pretty!
Agreed!
She is.
Aged beautifully such shame she couldn't enjoy life
My grandma had ALS and the only way she was able to home was in an iron lung. She lived the last 18 months of her life inan iron lung. She passed away in 1974. It was a happy and sad time when she passed. She was a pioneer of home health care. I still miss her but I know she is in a better place and not in pain.
God rest her beautiful soul. The pain is over Hun. ❤
If you're reading this, stop, take a few deep breaths. You are blessed to be able to breathe and function normally. Have a good day.
I have a deviated septum so breathing through my nose is not really possible. I have a hard time breathing through my mouth because it’s just hard. I have gotten used to it but if you had my issues right now you would be dead.
Jonathan Jack lol
great now im breathing manually
Sorry I know this is serious but looking at your pfp just makes me-
Yo I got asthma but thanks anyway :)
I would like to thank Mona's family for keeping this video of her available, even after her passing. She seems a brave and kind soul and a shining example to people wondering why vaccines are so important. Thank you and we are so sorry for your loss.
People don't wonder why vaccines are important. People wonder why a shot is mandatory when it doesn't do what a vaccine is supposed to do. The polio vaccine has gotten rid of the disease. Anyone who questions that is a fool. However the covid shot, like the flu shot may help with your symptoms, and shouldn't be considered a vaccine.
When you use me and my daughter as examples, the one with the shot was bedridden for 3 days, surrounded by a few days of stuffy head and sore throat. This is when we both got covid at the same time, from a vaccinated family member. Guess what? I had a sore throat for a few days, and a stuffy nose for a couple of those days, with having not gotten the covid shot. And I'm the one who's prone to getting sick, due to my immune system or lack thereof.
Go get your 5th booster
@@drumbeatsoffline6804 I'll get my 2nd booster soon, if this shit keeps dragging on then maybe down the road sometime there'll be a 5th as well and I'll be thankful for it. Not sure I'll be too put out by dropping into a pharmacy for a few minutes and getting a free shot after doing my shopping, meh
@@seriouscat2231 I guess you don't fit status quo, your comment is gone.
@@northernsnow6982 From what I can see in my notifications it was rambling garbage on the same level as a flat earther, whether it was filtered out because of being a massive wall of text or the person deleted it I don't know but either way thankfully it's not still there making people stupider.
Just thinking about going in one let alone actually being in one feels like the start of a panic attack and also one of being claustrophobic. I guess you learn to do whatever you have to. She was and remains amazing. God Bless her and her family! Rest In Peace Dearest!
😢 am so Sorry that you're going through that but I hope you get better soon when you get used to it
She said :"It was a character blow,bc I was always independent.. I had to LEARN to depend on others''
she is so clam & patient 💕
Definitely a patient.
@@TheJoker-eg9dl not so much a clam though
You believe that life is in the hands of God, who created you and created the heavens and the earth. Why do you not worship God alone (Say: He is God, the One, the Eternal One, the Eternal One, the Eternal One, He was not begotten, nor was He begotten, and He was not His, no one is equal, I bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.
@@user-wf1xm3cf1m Your comment has absolutely nothing to do with the woman who was forced to use the iron lung for so many decades. As it is, there are many who do not ascribe to your overly rigid religious religion. They find the presentation of your faith, as exemplified by Iran, the Taliban, and ISIS, to be an affront to humanity. You'd be better off peddling your stuff in a nation which values a theocracy over people
@@sfmike711 The Taliban, Isis, and other terrorist groups are extremist groups that misuse the religion to motivate their actions. Islam is a religion built on self-restraint and peace, but it is misconstrued by many. In fact, Islam is the same monotheistic idea as Christianity or Judaism. But this is off topic from the video anyway.
Post Polio Syndrome is real. My father is a Polio survivor although it did not affect his breathing it affected his walking. He was 17. Now at 87 he just has no muscle strengh in his legs. He uses a scotter to get around with. Thank God for him being able to use the scotter. RIP lovely lady
I’m so sorry he’s not able to use his legs but so grate he’s alive I hope you and your family lives a happy life😊
Adeline Coan oh yes we are so very thankful that he is one of the few who has lived this long after this terrible disease. Thank you for your kind words.
@@mebeachgirl1 ✌🇨🇦💖🙏
My Memaw got it at a young age also. She had one small foot and one normal size foot her whole life. She always had to buy two pairs of shoes to have two different sizes. She got around good but with a limp her whole life. I miss massaging her sweet little foot. ❤️She passed away with cancer in 2012. Miss her so much.
@@Valerie-uw8hz my heart goes out to you as I know you miss your Meemaw. I can feel the love that you had for her in your words.
It’s sad she had to wait so long for peace..I’m glad she’s found it and is now hopefully in a place full of beauty.
شكرًا يا رب على كل نعمك التي انعمت بها علينا ونسينا ان نشكرك عليها لأننا تعودنا عليها وعلى وجودها.. شكرًا يا رب 💙
My grandmother had polio and she is the number one reason I whole heartedly beleive in vaccines. I never hesitated to vaccinate both of my children! She lived in pain her entire life losing her independence and freedom and eventually the will to live she died of cancer at 53 years old. 😢
Sorry for your loss.
@@wqtermelcn Thank you!
Rest In Peace Tessa Sky’s Grandmother. You will be missed..
@@mekhi3819 Thank you! She's definitely missed! 😢
@@thegreatfomo it reflects the 88% effectiveness of the vaccine. I could not find any evidence of the boosters being ineffective. Please have better taste than to post this as a response to someone sharing their grief over a suffering loved one. Shame on you.
Her and paul alexander are living proof of what the effects of polio are and shows how important vaccines are
Well - not living anymore. Since February
@Henlo I believe so. This is the most recently published article about him, dated late May 2020: www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/26/last-iron-lung-paul-alexander-polio-coronavirus
My dad got polio when he was six. He is now struggling with the post-polio syndrome
I couldnt stop thinking of these people yesterday. God bless.
I saw one of these in a museum in the 80s, as a kid, and it never left my mind. It looks like a implement of torture, and I'm amazed someone still uses one. God bless this woman.
If my parents were anti vaxx I would leave at night to get vaccines
Have to be 18 unless consent from parents
Same
@Majesty Hill Well once it does, it's too late 😂
You should consider that the paralysis didn't came from the polio virus but from the DDT that were sprayed on crops....
@Cleaning Up Not true, you can go to a county clinic and get one for free, no insurance needed.
I was so sad to hear she passed away about 6 months after this.
May she rest in peace and condolences to her family and loved ones.
Luckily, she lived to an old age, but unfortunately, she did not have a good quality of life having to live most of the time in that iron lung!
She is in a much much better place now, not having to be in that iron lung anymore
Old people die yo, it's not supposed to be a sad thing but stupid fucking west brainwashed idiots don't think for themselves that often.
Dommage c est pas en français donc on ne comprend rien
She was in her 80s and lived a long life.
The human spirit is extraordinary 🙏🏿♥️✨
Mona is and will always be such an incredible person, RIP 🫶
Anyone who has issues with vaccines should watch this. They should listen to how exhausted and breathless she is, and see what she has to endure daily.
You realize she could have gotten it from the botched vaccine when it first came out
savingprvtryan Dude it was the 50s what do you expect?
I’m against flu vaccines they’re useless
Reading the comments here I wouldn't attempt to try and change these people's minds. Just hope they get a disease and wish the best for them. Even with polio attacking people back in the day. So many people are diluted in their thinking, I'm amazed they even survive daily life.
You’re dumb,
Rest in piece to him and his wife, you truly showed the world that anything is possible, and to live life to its fullest 🕊🕊🪦🪦
Rest in peace sad life to live condolences to the 👪
I hope that her family is doing well
You could just say family instead of 👨👩👦
Did she die?
@@biancahotca3244 yes 1 year ago in february
@@tyrelstott7932 There's nothing wrong with using the emote. Stop griping over things that really don't matter.
i am so glad that we've come a long way and invented vaccines against diseases like this.
R.I.P this beautiful lady.. She had a great life but polio ruined it. ❤️❤️ Sending all my love to her soul and may she rest in peace as always.
Polio is a terrible thing, and my heart goes out to her and her family for all they went through. I'm not sure if most people can appreciate what it was like to have polio, especially during the 50s, when it was at epidemic levels. The disease is brutally painful, and then as today, there was little doctors could do but give palliative care and assistance with breathing, while they watched and hoped. As a result, many thousands of people died or were permanently crippled each year. I'd like to share my father's story as an example of what people experienced during the 50s Polio epidemic.
My father had polio right after I was born. The hospitals were overflowing with cases , where people in beds were literally lining the halls (picture hospitals in Italy during the worst of COVID), and there was a shortage of iron lungs. At that particular time there were none available west of the Mississippi.
He was paralyzed down his left side, and having difficulty breathing. My mother was told he couldn't possibly live more than a day or two, with his diaphragm as weak as it was. They explained he would stop breathing if he fell asleep, and that eventually he would be too weak to continue breathing, even if he could stay awake.
Then the doctors leveled the final blow; there was no room in the hospital for people who were terminal, and she must take him home to die. So this young woman with a new preemie to care for, did the only thing she could do; she brought her husband home.
She never told him he was terminal. She was determined he wouldn't die, and he, it seems, was equally determined to live. Through sheer force of will, and in absolute agony, he would manage to keep himself awake and breathing on his own for long stretches of time. Each time he slept she sat next to him, watching for his breathing to stop. When it did, she would wake him. He would eventually fall back asleep, and she would continue waking him every time his breathing faltered. This went on for many weeks. Her only sleep was had through catnaps a couple of times a day, as she had me to care for, as well. Eventually he began to breathe through the night, but was still paretic (severely weak, to the point of paralysis) down the one side, in terrible pain, and bedridden.
One day my mother was standing across the street, picking me up from a babysitting respite at my grandparents. She looked back at our house and saw my father standing on the corner, hanging on to the stop sign for dear life. He had dragged himself out of bed, using the walls, furniture, and hedges for support. She ran to him, asking what he was doing. 'I'll die if I lay there one more day,' was his reply. From that day forward, he made her walk him around the block, as far as he could go. The street was on a hill, but within a few weeks, he could make it around with her help. A few weeks after that, he could get around it under his own steam. He exercised his arm until he could use it again.
He too experienced post Polio issues, including excruciating intermittent leg cramps that he had the rest of his life., He also developed issues with his vocal cords and more constant muscle pain, about 30 years later.
For any of you even thinking about forgoing the polio vaccine for your child, please read this and think again. The disease is no less painful or debilitating today, just less prevalent, due to vaccination. The treatments are no more effective today, either. Polio is often a life sentence of disability and pain. It can mean life on a ventilator, or even death. So please think before you decide this vaccine is something your child should skip. Please just think.
Thank you for sharing
Your parents were amazing courageous, strong, loving people. You are a blessed child to have them. Thank you for a wonderful story. I too believe in vaccines and vaccinate myself and my kids.
Thanks
Your father is / was very strong
Your father is so strong, and determined. My dad also has polio... but he received the vaccine in time for it to have only affected one of his legs. Although he has a disability now.. he still manages to accomplish alot and provide for the family.
I hope all is well with you and your family
And we complain about our life's sometimes... This makes me appreciate what life I was given. Thanks
Please dont use Disabled people as your inspiration. Disabled people dont exist to teach able people to be grateful.
Jessica Crosse whats the difference between citing her as an inspiration and an able bodied person as inspiration? This person took something from this woman’s story and if it inspired her to think more positively about her life that’s a great thing
@@kidthekid6320 - It is a great thing if doesn't go to a harmful extent, there are people who, when you complain about pain in your leg, will answer with "well at least you have a leg, [disabled person] doesn't". The mindset of the original poster sometimes goes that far and becomes more harmful than good, you shouldn't be unable to complain about something just because someone has it harder
that’s like saying “my hand hurts” and an amputee says “at least you have a hand” that’s kinda disrespectful because you don’t know what type of pain they’re in. Just because someone else doesn’t have a hand that does not mean I can’t tell someone that I’m hurting.
The nightmare of my childhood returns. God bless you Ms. Randolph
God bless her, I hope she rests easy❤️
When I was in high school in Broussard La. My mother was friends with a family, that had an iron lung. One day as I was complaining about my life as a teenager. My mom took me to Ms. Dorthy's house. Even though she couldn't breath on her own and couldn't move anything from her neck down, she had a smile that could melt any fear. She was looking for someone to help her get into the machine at 5PM everyday. I agreed to help and for everyday till I left Broussard, I would go to their house and ask how they were doing. With that same smile she would say," BLESSED!!!!!". That was an experience and woman I will never forget. She contracted Polio in her teens and lived till she was 68. She was just happy to be alive. One of the most influential persons that helped me become who I am today.
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@@crypticii3431 😐
Your mom sounds like a loser, homie.
That's an amazing story.
That’s awesome I have family in Broussard what age are you
My grandma was diagnosed with polio when she was 4 in 1952 and spent 12 years in the iron lung until it malfunctioned :( god bless this lady
How did she get pregnant?
How did she go through pregnancy?
How did she survive labor?
Like, otherwise you wouldn't exist
@@nicoler.wunderink_2874 I think they were just trying to say that it's amazing that this woman's iron lung still works after all this time
This makes 0 sense
16 and pregnant?
@@nicoler.wunderink_2874 so many fucking questions chill you annoying soccer mom anti vaccine blabber mouth bitch don't question
How sad and terrible for this poor lady .. may she R.I.P 🙏❤️
Hi 👋 how are you doing?
It’s amazing how much patience and perseverance polio survivors have. All the medical tools and ajusting to not being able to do anything. Those machines still scare me so much I don’t know why. But they where lifesaving tools back in the day.
I had a classmate in highschool that was a polio survivor. That was over 40 years ago. The polio vaccine was still fairly new when we were kids. I hope she is OK.
She passed away in February
@@DianaJG8 February a couple years ago.
@@AccountInactive - Yes, thank you. I saw numerous conflicting reports and did not see the actual date of 2019 on the obit until after I wrote this, so it's actually been 3 years now, sadly.
@@DianaJG8 2020 not 2019...
@@DianaJG8 granny pack hittin
all Antivaxxers should watch this. I hate antivaxxers and believe not vaccinating is child abuse. (unless the child cannot get vaccinated due to medical conditions/ allergies).
She seems like a sweetheart.
They are really letting their kids down. As parents they should want to protect their kids from diseases and give them a chance at growing up. Right now the measles is going around and it's only a matter of time before hundreds of kids are sick and dying. Then they'll have another kid and do the same shit 🤦♀️
Sadly, if they watch this, they’ll just claim it’s all propaganda. They assert that all those photos of rooms full of people in iron lungs are staged by big pharma and the gubment. There is no reasoning with those whose argument depends on conspiracy as a foundation.
I am an anti-vexer. I've watched this. It doesn't change my mind. I think that vexes like this one and more serious ones should be given but other small bs nah fuck a flu shot, hepB.. ect
@@zedah8315 And...you also have horrible spelling.
@@olivialiu9952 hey man...cant help wen typos hapen
This is such a moving story. ❤️❤️❤️
I’m so sorry for what you went through 😔😔
Mona - I, too, am a POLIO -SURVIVOR. I have never had to spend a minute in an iron lung but I have experienced many body weaknesses, shorter limbs, etc, from polio. I have endured multiple operations to 'fix' problems. Today I suffer from post-polio. Still, my life has been easy compared to yours. YOU are a REMARKABLE WOMAN. I cried when i watched this video. THANK YOU for being an inspiration to everybody who is a POLIO -SURVIVOR.
You believe that life is in the hands of God, who created you and created the heavens and the earth. Why do you not worship God alone (Say: He is God, the One, the Eternal One, the Eternal One, the Eternal One, He was not begotten, nor was He begotten, and He was not His, no one is equal, I bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.
I am also polio survivor. I'm much younger and life has been easier compared to Mona's generation.
@@user-wf1xm3cf1m No.
Polio wasn’t around when I was a kid I think it was already done away with
@@MelB868 polio still exists, very rare and not found in most places. Pakistan and Afghanistan still have an endemic
That’s pretty sad. As someone who lives with a lifelong debilitating illness, I see my future in this video. Not the iron lung, but the daily struggles of what will need to be done to stay alive. Rest in peace young lady.
You believe that life is in the hands of God, who created you and created the heavens and the earth. Why do you not worship God alone (Say: He is God, the One, the Eternal One, the Eternal One, the Eternal One, He was not begotten, nor was He begotten, and He was not His, no one is equal, I bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.
@@user-wf1xm3cf1m go boil your head.
@@user-wf1xm3cf1m no need to bring fairies and unicorns into this
@@user-wf1xm3cf1m God doesn't care about her polio... he maybe responsible for her having it.. that's why I atheist
@@user-wf1xm3cf1m She may well have but didn’t say so here. If a person is religious and has their own faith (said she tells them to Rest In Peace) it would have appear that she does. Whether she is Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, she believes in the same God that you do. 🙏🏼
She is gorgeous and amazing. God rest her soul.
I hope she rests well she seemed very kind
I got polio when I was 4or5 years old. The vaccine had been around for a few years already. I don’t know why my parents didn’t have us kids vaccinated. The muscle in my left leg is almost gone below my knee but I’m still able to walk and work. ThankGod for that! When I see what this lady had to go through, what happened with my leg is nothing!
I’m so happy to hear you’re doing well! It’s unfortunate that even today, some parents CHOOSE not to get their kids vaccinated. I’m sure if they saw this video or your comment they’d rethink their decision
Your strong like no modern day chaps will ever know. The things some people have been through. 💜
Doug...sure...
Sadly when parents stupidly decide that vaccines are “poison” for the kid, it’s the kid themselves that is gonna pay the damage for what they’ve done. Years and years of pain for something that could have been prevented. I’m sorry that happened to you but I’m happy that it wasn’t too bad ❤️
@@clair8880 thanks. Have a great day!
As a result of having polio, I now have post polio syndrome. There are no healthcare providers who know how to treat it, especially since most have never heard of it. This courageous lady's story is incredible. Vaccines do matter.
When they work to prevent illness
Conservatives would disagree
@@tbsdrummer87 there is a sad correlation of conservatives believing misinformation, conservatives are mostly reactionary, and reactionary people, left or right, have a significantly increased chance of falling for misinformation and getting sucked into a cult-like behavior, removing anything that would harm their world view
@@tbsdrummer87 Nah, I'm one of them.
@@tbsdrummer87 Not all of us. A few years ago, I was even cracking jokes because of all the vaxxes I'd gotten that year. Flu, shingles, pneumonia, and tetanus. I got all of the other standards in prior years. I'm pretty much hot on it when a vaccine has been proven through the test of time. Now if you come at me with some BETA VERSION THING like the Covid vax, then no, I think it's foolish to just trust that - and will let you non-conservatives go first, second, and third, and then wait to make sure you don't all start dropping off like Raid-sprayed flies before I'll go anywhere near it.
Also, no I'm not going to get a million boosters of anything. One booster a year is the max, just like with the flu shot. If it takes more, it's not really ready after all, and no amount of propaganda is going to fool me into thinking that it is. Nothing says "this stuff should have never been released as-is" like the claims that we need one, two, three, and I think it's now up to FOUR boosters in just one year. Get outta here with that.
God bless sending my love xx
Rip,we all hope you are in a better place
This was both eye-opening and informative. I always assumed people in an iron lung were... condemned to use it 24/7. I'm glad for this woman that she can get out of it and move around independently during the day. It really is a dreadful disease.
Watch the video AGAIN AND PAY ATTENTION! Where did she get up and walk? Where did she feed herself? Brush her own teeth? She was paralyzed from the neck down, tiny movement in her arms to direct a straw to her mouth is not "moving around independently"
@@christinemeleg4535 no need to get your panties in a bunch over my less than perfect wording. She's more mobile than I thought. She can keep herself upright when sitting and can move her arms, though limited. That's more than I thought.
Christine.
I’m sorry, but Muscleduck is right. She was ABLE to put the rube in her mouth. She is moving her hands around, not as much as I am NOW, but she is STILL MOVING. YOU should watch the video more. She can’t go outside to breathe fresh air, but still.
@@rottenegg360 she died 6 months after this video
@@rottenegg360 being able to push a lever on a motorised wheelchair and move a straw to your mouth isn't independence lmao. She couldn't even get up out of bed, she needed to be placed into a hoist and moved by another person, so she definitely couldn't stand or walk, or get in or out of the wheelchair alone. Having a tiny bit of movement in an arm isn't independence.
Listening to her and her story made me take several deep breaths to remind myself I can breathe. I have chronic asthma and I know it's nothing like what she's experienced but I had an asthma attack for 24hours before and it was dreadful. I'm glad she's in a better place now
Same. I've been struggling because of my asthma this past 7 months because of all the damage I got from COVID. It's been frustrating since I couldn't work in my field (I'm an electrician) and I had to quit doing sports for a while. I'm so thankful that I'm getting better, I'm thankful that it's not worse and I'm thankful for all the wonderful doctors and scientists who have saved millions of people over and over again with their work
Omg, asthma? No way! Who fucking cares?
MAY GOD BLESS THEM ALL FOREVER AND EVERMORE...❤️🙏
Rest in peace soldier
Battle is over now 😔
Is it just me, or does anyone else think this woman has an incredibly relaxing voice?
Nah man, this is kind of giving me anxiety. It's sad man..
Not as much the voice but how she speaks.
Ngl, for me her voice seems like shes gonna break down at any second...
& great skin.
@@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_ oh how I love the skin.
My dad grew up in a time where polio was the scariest thing ever, in the late 40's and 50's, he a my mother, vaccinated me and all of my siblings when we were babies or very young against polio and my other things
Oscar Korlowsky And you don’t even have Autism what a chance xD Anti Vaxxers are dangerously dumb
God bless her🥺😢😭😣🙏
She has a golden soul and a diamond 💎 Heart ❤️ she will never be forgotten
#LastSurvivorWithPolio
Hello Gisela, how are you doing doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
Here from Paul's video. God Bless these strong people. We truly are all blessed, beyond what we think. Others are way worse than us.
same. God Bless them
Same here
It is so hard to imagine they haven’t found anything better to help these people over the years.
How much research are you going to do for a few people out of 8 billion?
How about you do it yourself then? Maybe you are the one destined to discover a “better” way
It’s called a tracheostomy and a ventilator.
I'm a survivor no one cares never did, I've had a life of pain, at least I am somewhat normal, I've had a life...
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
God bless you sweet angel.🙏🏻❤🙏🏻
It helped many, but this is such a hard way to exist. I would rather be gone than live a life like this. I give her alot of credit for her courage. God Bless her.
I was a nurse those days.I remember caring for those precious lives.I still remember the faces of some of my patients and with this memory right now I have tears in my eyes.We also had beds that moved in such a way that it helped breathing.
I too was on a ward caring for those indomitable spirits who spent 23 out of 24 hrs in those machines. One of my first jobs as a nurse. It is so easy not to truly appreciate the gifts we take for granted each day.
Wow, I’ve just started my nursing training, this is all unbelievable to me
Thank you, I am a survivor thanks to people like you
You believe that life is in the hands of God, who created you and created the heavens and the earth. Why do you not worship God alone (Say: He is God, the One, the Eternal One, the Eternal One, the Eternal One, He was not begotten, nor was He begotten, and He was not His, no one is equal, I bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.
The things you experienced as a nurse!, I am a former RN myself, left the profession when my hearing deteriorated to the point it was dangerous to continue. In my old pediatric texts were old photographs of "pulmonary assist beds" with skeletal thin patients in them. Also Iron lungs and directions on how to manually operate them in case of power failures or mechanical break downs. By the time I was a nurse, polio vaccine had been available for decades, we still went through a measles epidemic, out of a staff of over 43 in our department ,ER, I was the only one immune. Saw patients die from that, I still see their desperate faces and that dreaded rash., If people could only see wht we did they would fight to get vaccinated! All the best from one Nurse to another!
Thank you for the reminders: 1) vaccinations can be life savers, 2) that modern medicine has not found a replacement for the iron lung (which surprised me), and 3) real courage comes from living with seemingly insurmountable odds. Thank you, Mona Randolph for your wonderful example of persistence, endurance and commitment to life.
@Toby Keith interesting question: probably most of my life. I have close friends who are polio survivors. One is now dealing with post-polio syndrome. He describes it as a consequence of the well meaning effort to push children to their maximum and to not develop a "victim" mentality.
Actually modern medicine has come up with miniature ventilators that are the size of a laptop computer. They blow air into a tracheotomy cannula. It does require a lifelong trache care but allows for mobility.
@@garyspiegel365 why was that not an option for her? I just don’t understand the continued use of an iron lung if there is a trach option.
@@thecrowsnest6963 I think the transition from iron lung to portable ventilator may be difficult after so long.
@@thecrowsnest6963 I don't remember why, but I believe it just wasn't possible for her. Unfortunately, alternatives to treatment don't always work for everyone. :(
I am in my seventies and when I was a child these iron lungs were common for polio victims. They are just so terrifying looking, especially for a child.
Bless her heart of stability. How sweet.
god bless her!!❤️such as strong and inspiring woman. absolutely beautiful
Not so much physically strong as her will to live
@Speaky Box Agreed, I have nothing against vaccines. I meant she is strong willed to live, as in that is how she is strong :)
Bless her soul.
Update: He passed away yesterday. I found out from the SBSK channel who spoke to Paul Alexander’s brother
His story is just too damn amazing.. He didn't let even polio stop him from achieving his dreams and becoming the best lawyer
Did you even watch the video??? XD
No matter what you think , she lived a better life than most will ever live..and she doesn't take this for granted
Honestly, I'm incredibly shocked at the reliability of the iron lung machines! I feel like not enough people talk about how well they were built!
Learn about communicable diseases also called "childhood" diseases, real eye openers for the unsuspecting public. vaccines save lives!
Yeah same
Mid century American craftsmanship. Nothing is made like that unfortunately
@@sasquatchhunter86 mid century craftsmanship period, not just american
They really were designed to be bomb proof. Also capable of being manually operated in case of power failure, if I recall correctly.
My heart goes out to her ❤️😞😞
I am very sorry to hear Ms. Mona passed away. Praying for all of you. Rest in Paradise Maam.🙏💔😥🌹🙏