My granddaughter was born with a cleft lip and palate. I fired the pediatrician who told me she would die.
Kim Maddox’s granddaughter, Ariel, was born with cleft lip and palate. Loading Something is loading. A pediatrician told Kim that Ariel would die because she had so much trouble eating. This is Maddox’s story, as told to Kelly Burch. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kim Maddox. It has been edited for … Read more