Balkymor: The Talipes Effect

In 1997, a baby girl named Kelly was born in Sarnia, Ontario with two club feet. While still a baby, she went to the Montreal Shriner's Hospital for twenty-three visits in eight months to surgically correct her condition. By the time she was six, she was running around freely.

Her Scottish grandfather had been born in 1938 with a left club foot. Knowing what his granddaughter faced through many medical procedures at a very young age, he collected together his writings about his life from ear...