The Current7:22How Reader’s Digest changed this Canadian’s life
When Elisabeth Baugh opened a Reader’s Digest in 1982, she didn’t know it would change her life.
Baugh was born with an arteriovenous malformation, a rare vascular defect that caused changes to the appearance of her� face.
There’s no known cause, but it’s been something she’s lived with since childhood.
“I really knew I needed help,” Baugh said. “My tongue had grown and it was pushing my teeth out of alignment. I couldn’t chew food. I was choking all the time.”
During an initial surgery in 1966, at just 14 years old, she said her lips were sewn shut and a
