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Shriners Hospital


SECTION 3 — Hospital, Loss, and What Remains
I wondered about that then. I understand it now.
Too often, we struggle with things that are better left behind.
Carol Lindsay
Jan 262 min read


Faith, Survival, and Being Taken Away During Polio
As a child with polio in 1935, survival depended on faith, family, and circumstance. With no money for care, the Shriners stepped in, transporting her to an Ohio hospital after the disease passed, leaving paralysis and months of separation from her mother.
Carol Lindsay
Jan 251 min read
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