Juan Pérez was my grandfather, he died in 1983 due to heart failure. He was diagnosed with polio at the age of five and was one of the first cases of polio in the island. He had to live on the rest of his life in crotches and a wheelchair and yet that didn't stop him, I consider him one of my heroes because he never gave up.

Me: Hi grandpa, I'm really exited to meet you, I have so many questions for you.
Grandpa: Hello there, ask away my dear I will answer anything you ask me.
Me: Ok, first of all how did you realize you had polio.
Grandpa: I realized I had polio when I was five, I was running around playing, then I noticed my legs hurt. That's when my parents decided to take me the doctor which later on diagnosed me with polio.
Me: What happened then?
Grandpa: I spent two years in and out of the hospital, since I was one of the first cases of polio the doctors didn't know how to treat my condition. I ended up using crotches, at first I thought it was because of negligence of the doctor but later I realized it was inevitable due to the fact that it was not certain how to treat this condition.
Me: So, how did grandma come into your life?
Grandpa: We both studied in the same university so yeah it started there.
Me: Is it true that grandma's dad didn't approve of your relationship?
Grandpa: Yes, he was so against us being together he didn't assist the wedding, he didn't want Maria to have a hard time in life because of me, he was trying to be a good paternal figure.
Me: But you proved him wrong didnt you?
Grandpa: You could say something like that, I got to make my own company, was asked by the people to be the mayor of Toa Baja and I got to have a beautiful family with my wife.
Me: There's a line grandma says all the time, I can't remember what it was but she said it was your line, what was it?
Grandpa: It's "No hay liciados de cuerpo solo liciados de espiritu", I used to say it all the time.
Me: That's phenomenal, it's been great talking to you grandpa.
Grandpa: It was my pleasure.