All parents must face an exciting nine-month wait before meeting the little bundle of joy that has formed in mommy’s belly. There is nothing better than hearing the baby’s first screams when it is finally born into the world.

Other parents, on the other hand, may find that the birth of a child is something they could never have predicted. In the late 1990s, Mary and Brad Kish of Illinois, USA, awaited the arrival of their daughter with bated breath. Mary’s pregnancy had been uneventful, and the birth had gone smoothly. There were no indications that anything was wrong with their baby girl Michelle during the delivery. However, as she opened her eyes, physicians immediately recognized that something was awry. They didn’t figure it out until they looked through medical books and consulted a geneticist from another hospital.