Alike in Disability
My first experience with healthcare and disability came when my youngest daughter was born. I knew something, besides her obvious club foot, was amiss. The pediatrician arrived. “Why doesn’t she flinch and fling her arms back?” I asked as I leaned her back to latch onto my breast. “She’s fine,” he said.
He looked in her mouth and noted her high, arched palate. “Your palate is high, too,” he assured me. “It is?” I thought.
“She’s jaundiced,” he said, noting her yellow eyes and skin. “Very common,” he added. “She has the same color eyes and skin as you.”
“Doesn’t that make me jaundiced, too?” I thought.
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