Were you a polio victim. I was, and spent 6 weeks in the hospital once and one week another time, as a result, but it sounds as if you had a much harder time than I had. And when I was in the hospital I saw many other boys in much worse shape than I was in.
As for the color TV with remote. . . my wife and I were assistant managers of a 104 unit apartment complex the first 3 and a half years of our marriage. We just had a black & white TV, but there came a time when the manager of the complex got a new color TV with remote; first remote I ever saw. The manager's apartment was also the office and in those days lots of people paid monthly rent in person with a check, so the door bell rang frequently in that apartment. And we learned very quickly that a ringing doorbell, a key dropped on the floor, the telephone ringing, etc. would cause that TV to change channels, turn off, or something and you never knew what it was going to do. In less than 2 weeks, they sent that TV back and got one without a remote.
