Dan and Lorie Barber of New Middletown risked fetal surgery ...

Photo by Rami Daud | published: February 27, 2011

Dan and Lorie Barber of New Middletown risked fetal surgery to repair the spine of their daughter, Nicole, in hopes of lessening the effects of her spina bifida. The Barber family, from left, Lorie, Nicole (lying across the back of the sofa); Zack, 12; Taylor, 10; and Dan. Nicole is a good reader and speller and last year ran the 50-yard dash in the Junior Olympics at her school.