My thalidomide family: Every time I went home I was a stranger

Louise Medus was one of the last babies born with the effects of the drug thalidomide. Brought up in a residential home from infancy, Shes had to fight to overcome her tough start in life and build a family life of her own I cant imagine what my dad thought or felt when a grim-faced doctor led him to a delivery room an hour after my birth, says Louise Medus. All I know is that he almost fainted with shock when I was fully revealed and blurted out: Surely youre not going to allow a child in this ...