Iron Lung interview Part 1

[SUPERDAVIDLEVINE]

onethingI wonder were there intervues with nurses tat took cre of thes patents s I a sure they are getting old and less each year for it musthave beenvery specialzed for I read a nursing book frothe thirtys and there as not one mention of iron lungs i it I regrest like in childres hositol when I was five I never so one that would a thing you nower forget I wihs I could have then be a little older were they might way just talk them to bad that nevver happent

[SUPERDAVIDLEVINE]

I do not know why I am so intersted a thing like an iron lung one thing I have never heard most got well and were wiend out of them but for the few who did not I heard many just gave up the will to live and I wondered if many were compltly paralized did a freind or relative drop a dealy poisin either they asked for it or not t put the out of there missery and there would most likly not have been an autopsy consdering there condition this mater as far as I know hasnever been talked about

[PsychoBurgundy3]

What kind of life is this? Being trapped in one place for the rest of your life, having machines breathe for you, with you being completely unable to do ANYTHING? I'll take death over this, thank you very much.

[zorth42]

guys if 37,000 people who watched this donated about 5 dollars toward a research fund to create a synthetic lung than there would be one by now, I am 15 years old at this moment and this is the madest ive ever been and I can honestly say that if i was asked to I would donate all the money in my wallet to help get this lady out and walking this iratates me more than anything i cannot imagine liveing like that

[parkman35]

Sorry but if that'd happened to me..I'm asking for a loaded .38

[joshster89]

What's the purpose of living if this is your life? 50 years of medical expenses and a futile existence to live in a machine 24/7?

[ubermensch826]

"and our playing consisted of us spitting at each other because we couldn't do anything else"

LOLOLOL

[gcsn01]

There was no 2:03

[Greno]

sad :(

[plumplum67]

im just like her! no i don't have polio, but my spine is curved like an S (only backwards)

[MightyJKnutsen]

This woman actually died because of a powerfaillure, and the family didn't get the backupgenerator to work. :(

[vollygril37380]

dat fuckin sucks i commend her for actually going on in life id kill myself

[snuckles108]

We can make prosthetic limbs and organs but we cannot make something to help her. Congratulation if you have notice that.

[Ebbtide007]

@Ebbtide007 HOWEVER, Diane Odell was one of the rare cases where, because of her spine, this was her best option.

[andrewhipszer]

I think about how thankful some of these people are for the iron lung and how they have enough courage to keep on... Martha Mason is very inspirational too check her out. Many of us are much more fortunate with our health and do not truly appreciate how lucky we are.

[PersonOfBook]

Why don't she have a lung transplant!

[Mi3kka1S4]

@PersonOfBook It's something to do with muscles i think, so a transplant wouldn't help at all.

[TheEagle1]

@PersonOfBook

Polio destroys the nerves and not the lung. If the lung would be ill, this device couldn't help. The Iron Lung takes the function of the diaphragm, not of the lung itself. It generates over- and under pressure to ensure ex- and inhalation.

[PersonOfBook]

@TheEagle1 Interesting! Then why it is called an Iron Lung! Wouldn't Iron diaphragm would be more a appropriate name!

[heeh2]

GET THIS WOMAN A LAPTOP OR SOMETHING.

[Locomikey666]

If her legs don't work why the fuck is she in a giant metal machine? Put her in a fucking wheelchair.

[Scrapbird]

@Locomikey666, she can't breathe. She would die in a wheel chair. Are you always this judgmental without getting all the facts?

[POWER2THE0NE]

@Locomikey666 look you dumb a++ if you had studied a little thing called history you would understand that they couldn't of put the woman in a wheelchair because the spine is shaped like an S and your spine believe it or night has a lot to do with circulation of air either you A.didn't know that because you couldn't of or B. you just don't read or study duhhhh!!!!!

[POWER2THE0NE]

@Locomikey666

[mcghiemegan]

that makes me sad, i really hope that where she is dosnt have a power outage

[KyJvcamp]

@mcghiemegan She did die... from a power outage

[C3P0meetsData]

@KyJvcamp Hospitals have back up power generators. All of them do. Its a requirement. She probably didn't die of a power outage.

[ZombiePowerDrink]

@C3P0meetsData Yes she did and she wasn't in a hospital she was in her home the power died and the generator didn't work.

[sbeer6er]

is there a website to become friends with iron lung patients?

[hallabalooza]

Gosh, you people need to chill. No one has to live in iron lungs nowadays; there are new technologies.

[johnmarkert1]

man i wouldnt be able to do that. that women is the bravest

[mickeymouse12678]

Sadly, this woman has died. I really love her bravery after going through all that she has. Honestly, I wouldn't be strong enough to do what she has done. I would ask to be euthanized because there is no way I could live like that.

RIP Dianne Odell

[Nine00]

The woman has been in this thing since the age of three, she probably barely (if that all) remembers what it was like to NOT have a iron lung. I personally wouldn't want to live like this.

[nugsalad]

Just another reminder of where our tax's SHOULD be going..

[lukesmailbox]

Thank God for Jonas Salk

[phillipnorris107]

OMG, has'nt anyone heard of euthanasia it's cruel to let a person live like that.

[muskie97]

It's all she's ever known, so I'm sure she doesn't see it the way we do. They can still have fulfilling lives, just in a different way than we can imagine.

I hope people who refuse to vaccination their children watch this video.

[MrMeineNamen]

i would say just let me die. there is no point in living a life u cant live

[sporeman45]

@MrMeineNamen Well guess what? If you stayed in that thign for a while, you would get vaccinated then you could go home! Simple as that!

[MrMeineNamen]

@sporeman45 no were near as simple as that

[Slarivet]

@sporeman45

A vaccine doesn't undo the damage a disease has already done.

[GrapplerMaster]

@MrMeineNamen "Can't live"!?

Spitting on each other is a way of life!

[The391956]

@MrMeineNamen

I have said that to diallis and that is not as bad as this but

that is still unexceptable to me, its time I go, with a string

of problems. I would be only prolonging my pain and

suffering and lining doctors pockets.

[Buddyb309]

omg poor woman. I should make a funny animation out of this.

[germzilla101]

i rather die than to be put in tht contraption

[DingensHalt]

wtf?? O_o thats fucking scary...poor guys who lived in those freaking machine..=/

[Odieandgarfield]

Is there anyone on YouTube who have been in an Iron Lung?

[oblivi0nismylife]

once youre in man, you cant get out. to be in one youre usually crippled. or just plain paralyzed. its all the same

[ChippyWalli]

@oblivi0nismylife yes u can it is posible to be able to breath on your own again

[YOUsnozeYOULOZE]

Life................... Iron Lung, Death

[Eagertman]

May I say, a lot of people would rather live in one of these than actually deal with 'dying'. Especially children.

True, yeah?

[insomniareverie]

moron.

[chasmcrown]

That's what your mother said when I mistook her asshole for her mouth!

[insomniareverie]

Why'd you remove your comment? You don't think being in an ironlung would be fun anymore?

p.s. that's not the only thing you mistook :)  so send your dad my condolences about what you did to his asshole.

[MissTaylorLautner101]

those scare me

[Marikafan]

Why would you want your child to live this way? I would rather have my child die then have my child live THIS way for the rest of his/her life.

[retarded2tehmax]

I thought positive pressure instrument made these iron lungs obsolete?

[stevegj0]

I saw an iron lung in person when I was about 8 years old (I am no 58) & it scared the living xxxx out of me.

[dentheocean]

i saw an iron lung when i was 16 years old in a german hospital - i still have nightmares about it now

[dentheocean]

I am sooo sorry! Its Diane of course.

[dentheocean]

I cannot imagine what this must be like, do you see an iron lung as a friend or enemy? I suppose its a friend as it saved lives but it gives me nightmares. RIP Olivia.

[SniperKitty101]

i couldnt imagine it. im just speechless.

[jazzybee1]

She died at the end of May this year. Sad story, but at least now she won't have to worry about being taken care of, she is with Jesus now. May she RIP.

[mzchrisbreezy3i3]

i want to cry now... people need to live life to the fullest and appreciate how good most ppl have it very good

[correctmugshot]

It honestly makes me want to cry. I can only imaging living like that. I am so greatful we now have a vaccination.

[X1XOVERLORDX1X]

this is pretty sad, a lot of people dont know how good they have it, they should look at these people