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>> FOR A WHILE THERE, I WAS THINKING THAT
I WAS JUST GOING TO BE STUCK IN THE HOSPITAL FOR MONTHS
AT A TIME, AND WHEN I GOT THE OSTOMY,
EVERYTHING CHANGED.
AN OSTOMY IS WHERE THEY TAKE YOUR SMALL INTESTINE
AND SPLIT IT FROM YOUR COLON, AND THEN THEY TAKE THAT
SMALL INTESTINE AND BRING IT THROUGH YOUR ABDOMINAL WALL.
SO THEN YOU PUT A BAG ON IT, AND THAT'S HOW YOU
GO TO THE BATHROOM.
>> SHE'S BLUNT AND STRAIGHT AND TO THE POINT,
SO SHE JUST TELLS HER FRIENDS,
"THIS IS WHAT IT IS, AND THIS IS HOW IT WORKS,
AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO BECAUSE
OF MY CROHN'S DISEASE."
>> I WAS WORRIED WHEN I FIRST GOT THE OSTOMY,
THINKING THAT I COULDN'T DO EVERYTHING I HAD BEEN ABLE
TO DO BEFORE, AND IT TURNS OUT I CAN DO EVERYTHING THE SAME.
I GO TO SWIMMING, I PLAY SOCCER, I PLAY GUITAR.
I'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING THE SAME.
I JUST FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT.
>> THAT'S NOT THE PERFECT SITUATION
FOR A 17- OR 18-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHEN SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT
BOYFRIENDS AND PROBLEMS AND ALL THE REST OF IT,
AND MAGGIE'S MANAGED TO DO ALL THAT STUFF IN SPITE OF IT.
>> WELL, AT PROM THERE WAS A LOT OF DANCING AND LOTS
OF DRESSES WHICH I GOT TO WEAR MY PRETTY RED DRESS
AND WENT TO OCEAN CITY AFTERWARDS WITH MY FRIENDS,
AND THERE WERE ABOUT 25 PEOPLE IN OUR HOUSE,
AND IT WAS VERY CROWDED, BUT WE ALL WENT TO THE BEACH,
AND WE WENT TO THE BOARDWALK,
AND WE ALL JUST HUNG OUT.
IT WAS REALLY FUN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN SAY ON CAMERA.