Summary

It is almost President Roosevelt’s birthday, and Dr. Bennett says there is a chance she could meet him when she goes to Warm Springs because the president still visits there. Benefactors make it possible for poor people to receive treatment at the facility. The March of Dimes has produced a documentary to tell people about “the miracle at Hickory” referring to the speed at which the polio hospital got up and running (152). Ann Fay gets her wheelchair, and works through the difficulty of learning to use it. She goes to the children's beds and reads to them, and she manages to get a message to Imogene to meet her outside.

In Chapter 24 The “Miracle of Hickory” Nurse Amanda tells Ann Fay that they might all get moved to Charlotte if this hospital is shut down, and she encourages the...