She contracted polio at age 12 in 1949. She had each of the three types of polio: spinal, respiratory, and the least common kind, bulbar. She was paralyzed from the neck down and had a nine-month hospital stay. The experience changed Kehret's life, as she describes in her memoir Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio.

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Also know, when did Peg Kehret start writing?

Kehret began writing in the early 1970s, spurred on by further work in community theater as well as her interest in research of various sorts. She began selling magazine stories, eventually logging over 300 of them before turning her hand to lengthier works.

what hospital did Peg Kehret go to? After Peg improves, she is moved back to the Sheltering Arms hospital where she rooms with four other girls who have polio, Dorothy, Shirley, Alice and Renee, who later become her friends.

Also Know, is Peg Kehret Still Alive 2019?

Currently she is living in Lacrosse, Washington. She is still alive and many believe she has cheated death. After all she survived polio.

Where did Peg Kehret grow up?

Peg Kehret was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Minnesota, spent 14 years in California, and now lives with her husband in Washington.

Related Question Answers

What year did Peg Kehret get polio?

1949

What genre is small steps by Peg Kehret?

Biography Autobiography Memoir

Who wrote small steps?

Peg Kehret

Where does the book abduction take place?

Seattle