“I met my wife. I mean, it’s hard to meet somebody that look at you as normal, but not look at you as having a disease. Somebody that’s there to take care of you and to help you partner. And so it’s been a journey.
I learned a lot of things and I met a lot of people who had sickle cell and it’s just, it’s like the same experience. We’ve got the same stories. We went through the same struggles growing up, now where we at now, grown. […]
Shawn Jr (top left) with family
I do not like the hospital because the way they treat me. So I try to take my meds I got at home, but only time I do end up in the hospital is when my meds not working no more, but I hate going to the hospital because the way they look at me like, “Oh, you’re just here to get some drugs or you’re just here to get some, you just want to get here.” And it’s hard because I’m like, “I’m really hurting. I’m really in pain.” But people don’t see that. They don’t see that you in pain and you’re there on a base that I need help because what was working at home is not working right now.”
–Shawn Jr, SCD Warrior
