Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78

hours at night.

Her time in the iron lung was a respite for her one working lung.

Lillard always loved animals. She rescued dogs and lizards. She was artistic and created hundreds of works of art and wrote poetry over the years.

She fell in love and married twice. She met her current husband, Baha Seleh, in 2005 in a Yahoo chat room. Seleh is from Egypt.continue reading …