Shelby gave her Aplastic Anemia testimony (9-18-15) at the coffee house gathering held monthly at The Little White Church in Hill City. A nice crowd came together, filtering in as Shelby spoke. Here it is, though lengthy...
My Testimony
- I’ll start off with my early childhood:
- When I was very young I was diagnosed with PDD (Pervasive
Developmental Disorder)…also referred to as a mild form of autism.
- My single mom tried hard to meet the challenges that came
with me.
- When I was a toddler she began letting me stay with my
grandparents once in a while for a week or two, and they lived about 450 miles
away at that time.
- It was a fun adventure for me, and it gave my mom some
time to regroup.
- Then each summer I would visit my grandparents for a few
weeks, once they moved to Hill City to start their "retirement"
business, and I was always so happy to be back in Hill City.
- And the first year I moved up here is when Hill City had
their first soccer team, and of course, I wanted to play…
- So my grandpa
wanted me to have health insurance in case I got hurt. He did all the research
and couldn’t find insurance for me, but finally went to SD Medicaid. And so, I
played my first year of soccer…no injuries. ☺
- I was just into the second year, and that is when I
started seeing symptoms…
