My Mother Contracted Polio from a Swimming Pool -- This Is Why Kids Need to be Vaccinated

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Imagine for a minute you are a young child. One day you wake up, get out of bed, and your legs are suddenly too weak to support you. The next day, you wake up, and the weakness has increased. Eventually, your muscles are so weak you are no longer able to stand upright. 

This happened to my mother when she was only five years old. Instead of running, jumping and playing with friends, she was confined to a bed for over a decade. It's hard to imagine, but this was my mother's reality with polio.