Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio

In a riveting story of courage and hope, Peg Kehret wrote of months spent in a hospital when she was twelve, first struggling to survive a severe case of polio, then slowly learning to walk again. Peg describes the fear the illness caused in her and in the people around her. She credits many doctors, nurses, and therapists in helping her recover and how devastating it was, and how unsympathetic some health care workers can be for seriously ill patients. Her seven months of hospitalization were spent at a rehabilitation hospital where she formed friendships with roommates, like those formed in wartime foxholes and trenches.