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OF A BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN
OUT OF GEORGETOWN,
DELAWARE.
BORN WITH A
DEBILITATING DISEASE ---
SHE'S ENDURED A LOT OF
HARDSHIP IN HER LIFE ---
BUT IT'S A JOURNEY THAT'S
HELPED HER GROW INTO
THE WONDERFUL YOUNG
LADY SHE IS TODAY.
TAKE A LOOK.
TRACK
FROM HER BIG SMILE,
POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND
INFECTIOUS PERSONALITY
...
22:01: 13 " EVERYBODY
LOVES BOBBIE JO AND
EVERYBODY CALLS HER
FOR ADVICE AND TALKS TO
HER AND SHE'S JUST A JOY
TO BE AROUND 20
TRACK
YOU'D NEVER BE ABLE
TO TELL 24-YEAR-OLD
BOBBIE DEHAVEN -- HAS
STRUGGLED ALL HER LIFE.
21:47:07 I CAN'T FEEL
ANYTHING FROM MY WAIST
DOWN,09
TRACK
BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA
-- SHE'S MADE MORE THAN
150 TRIPS TO THE HOSPITAL
-- AND ENDURED THE PAIN
OF 100 SURGERIES.
21:55:27 AT ONE POINT
ACTUALLY SHE WAS IN A
COMA FOR 12 DAYS AND WE
DIDN'T THINK WE WERE
GOING TO HAVE HER
ANYMORE, BUT BY THE
GRACE OF GOD SHE CAME
BACK TO US 35
TRACK
THE MAJOR TURNING
POINT -- CAME JUST THREE
YEARS AGO.
21:51:57 " AFTER I TURNED
21 IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT,
ESPECIALLY CHANGING
FROM THE CHILDREN'S
WORLD OF MEDICINE,
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL CUTE
AND CUDDLY AND
EVERYBODY DOES
EVERYTHING FOR
YOU,"21:52:10
22:00:26 " IT WAS VERY
DIFFICULT FOR HER
REALIZING THAT HEY, I'M 21
YEARS OLD NOW AND I
HAVE TO MAKE MY PLACE IN
THIS WORLD." 31
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BUT WITH THE SUPPORT
OF FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
HER DOCTORS --- SHE'S
MOVING FORWARD.
21:51:26 " I TAKE IT ONE DAY
AT A TIME AND I JUST HAVE
TO GROW FROM WHAT I'VE
HAD TO DEAL WITH IN MY
LIFE, AND I WANT TO BE AS
INDEPENDENT AS I
POSSIBLY CAN BE AND GET
A JOB AND HOPEFULLY
SOMEDAY LIVE ON MY OWN.
40
TRACK
AND SHE'S USING HER
STORY AS A PLATFORM TO
HELP OTHERS.
22:02:08 " SHE'S A SELF
ADVOCATE AND SHE'S ON
THE DISABILITIES COUNCIL
FOR THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, AND SHE CAN
REALLY HELP A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIMILAR
ISSUES AS SHE HAS. - GIVE
THEM ADVICE, GIVE THEM
COURAGE AND SAY HEY,
THIS ISN'T SO BAD, YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH A ROUGH
ROAD, I DID, BUT THE
GRASS IS GOING TO BE
GREENER ON THE OTHER
SIDE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO
THINGS WITH YOUR LIFE. 29
AND A BIG PART OF HER
JOURNEY TO REACH
INDEPENDENCE IS TO BE
ABLE TO DRIVE --- BUT SHE
NEEDS A WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE VAN THAT'S
WORTH 50-THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
TO HELP BOBBIE REACH
HER GOALS, YOU CAN
DONATE TO HER FUND