'My body doesn't play by the rules': For Bloomsday participant with mystery leg disease and an allergy to water, the race is a true lesson in perseverance

'My body doesn't play by the rules': For Bloomsday participant with mystery leg disease and an allergy to water, the race is a true lesson in perseverance

Rachael Fetter has participated in Bloomsday 17 times despite the fact that she hasn’t been able to feel her legs from the knee down for the last nine years. Six years ago, she also developed an allergy to water, making rainy Bloomsdays an even bigger challenge.“My body doesn’t play by the rules,” she said.Fetter, 28, started participating in Bloomsday in 2007 with her parents. When she grew up and left home, she kept right on going, only missin…