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It evidently came back on her on Memorial Day 1985 . She collapsed in front of my eyes and never took another step walking. It required a 3 month hospital stay during which we were married and three more months in rehab. They gave her about 5 years to live and she lived a few months short of 30 years after that. She got about 90% use of her arms and hands back and some of her trunk.

We were dating when it hit her. I went from married to widower {via of a massive heart attack} to married and caregiver within literally 6 months. She passed in 2015 at the age of 64. Pneumonia had set in and 30 years of contortion on her body took it's toll.

She was on a vent for her last 3 weeks. Vents is what took the place of Iron Lungs. Long term wise they do not send a patient home on a Vent and only a handfull of facilities in the USA accept long term Vent patients. The nearest one was almost 500 miles in West Virginia.