My Mom loves telling the story from the moment I was born until the day I was 5, when the casts were removed and I started to live a normal life. On Sep 2nd, 1992, the pediatrician brought me to Mom’s arms and said: “Here is your daughter; I want to make sure you see she was born with a birth defect, so you don’t think we have exchanged her in the baby’s room.” My Mom cried, not because of the condition of my feet but because of the doctor’s lack of bedside manners.