chapter I: My Arrival

I was the eleventh child. I was a premature baby and weighed in at three pounds. I was taken to Sick Children's Hospital and was under the care of a pediatrician. My mother had to give me blood so I would live. The transfusions were given to me from her leg to mine. I was one of the first babies to be fed Pablum; babies were normally fed mother's milk until they were a year old.

When I came home, I had to be carried around on a pillow so that I would not get bruised. Two of my sisters had me out in the carriage but I fell out when they took me down a curb. They teased me and said I was lucky because I landed on my head.