The Rosetta stone of Bob Peterson, for me, came early one morning in 2017, when I began a quest to understand polio. I read about post-polio syndrome and uncovered the long shadow the disease had cast not only over my dads life, but also down the generations to the grandchildren he never met.
Years later, though, he began to experience nearly all of the symptoms associated with post-polio syndrome: muscle weakness, acute sensitivity to cold, breathing problems and extreme fatigue. These were all just accepted as part of the bundle of eccentricities that made Bob Peterson who he was. They