Bevis ask Peg to do? To get well and to walk someday What would Peg think of to tell Dr. Bevis her favorite doctor? He was young and blonde and handsome and nice Who did Peg share a room with after she was moved out of isolation? Tommy who was age 8 What did Tommy have to use that Peg was grateful she did not have to use it? An iron lung What did Dr. Crab do? Refused to turn Peg when she asked What did Peg do about the mean nurse? She told her parents about her and vowed to fight polio and get better What did Peg believe saved her life and stopped the fever? A chocolate milkshake Who was Peg's favorite doctor? Dr. Why did Peg only drink water and juice? She had a difficult time swallowing anything else and the doctors were afraid she would choke on milk Why was Peg sent away from the sheltering arms hospital to the university hospital? Because she was having trouble breathing and needed an oxygen tent or respirator What could Peg not swat away from her face as she left the hospital? A mosquito When people looked at Peg as she was transported in the ambulance, what did Peg pretend to be? Dead What type of polio was Peg told she had? Bulbar- the worst kind How many types of polio are there and what are they called? Bulbar, spinal and respiratory What is another name for the respirator? Iron lung Peg compared the iron lung to like being in a ? Coffin What was the name of Peg's brother? How old was He? Art, 18 What eased Peg's breathing so she didn't have to go in the iron lung? Oxygen tent What did the night nurse, Mrs. When Peg was first in the hospital why was she not allowed to see her parents? Peg was still contagious and they did not want to give her parents polio. What happened to all of her belongings like her teddy bear and books that were in the isolation room? They were all burned to prevent the spread of polio When Peg woke up after her first night in the hospital what could she not do and what had happened to her? Peg was paralyzed from the neck down and she could not give herself a glass of water. When was Peg let out of isolation? When she no longer had a fever and therefore was not contagious anymore. Why did Peg have to go into an isolation ward at the hospital when she first contracted polio? Polio was contagious so other people wouldn't catch the disease. What happened to Peg at school before going home for lunch? She collapsed Why didn't Peg tell her Mom she was feeling weak and achy? She didn't want to miss the Homecoming Parade Why did Peg's Mother call he Doctor ? Because she had a fever of 102 Why did the Doctor send Peg to the hospital? Her leg's didn't move after he hit them with the reflex hammer- she had lost her reflexes and he needed to do a spinal tap.

Small steps the year i got polio book