How I Came to Life
- The story of Auggie's birth has evolved into a hilarious family story.
- Although they had some idea before his birth that Auggie has a cleft palate and some other issues, nobody is prepared for the extent of his facial deformity when he is born.
- His newborn face is so upsetting, the cranky young doctor who delivers him faints—yes, passes out cold—when he see him.
- Auggie's mother describes the chronically farting nurse nudging the unconscious young doctor with her foot while yelling at him to wake up, but also holding her down so she cannot run out of the room as they take baby Auggie away before she can even see him.
- He is not expected to live through his first night.
- The farting nurse turns out to be really supportive and cool, staying with Auggie's mom the whole time as she learns how sick baby Auggie is; Nurse Farty holds her hand when she finally gets to see him for the first time.
- Despite his deformity, Auggie's mom sees how pretty his eyes are.
- Auggie wants us to know that everyone else in his family is good-looking.