- Dr. Bauer: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I only have a few minutes to answer your questions about Sarkovskii's Disease, but first I'm going to ask you to do something for me: I'd like for you all to do me a favor - sit as still as you can and imagine you have this disease. You cannot move a single muscle, not even your eyes. You cannot feed or care for yourself. If something goes wrong with your ventilator... you'll be dead in a few short minutes. Polio was stubborn, Sarkovskii's Syndrome is stubborn... but them again... so am I.