She opened her eyes—a cold room, Bright lights shining in her eyes and over her body.
She remembers going to the hospital to give birth. The doctors had put her under to deliver the baby.
She can hear people talking:
“Did you see his back?”
“What was that? It looked like a bubble —a balloon.”
She looks around.
“She’s awake. Put her back under now,” the Doctor says.
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She opens her eyes.
She’s in a hospital room.
Many Doctors walk in.
“Something is wrong with my baby. Something with his back.”
“Ma’am, we need to talk. It is going to be hard for you, but please listen.”
I, Lynn Thomas, declare that I was born on October 07th, 1975.
There was no warning that anything was wrong with me—until I was born.
Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele was the diagnosis.
And my life would not be like others.
—Spina Bifida Awareness Month 2023—
