When she was very young her dislocated legs provided no means of motion, but an operation when she was ten gave her use of her left leg. Yen finally put down her crutches and entered school as a third-grader. But she still moved "like a snail." Her arms and legs would veer right, and her body would advance half twisted around.
脫臼無法行動的雙腿，在十歲時治療到只有右腿不良於行，顏美玲終於放下拐杖，入學就讀三年級，但走起路來仍是「螺旋式」的，必須同一邊手腳向右傾斜、身體呈半圓形前進。