Born in St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Kokomo, Indiana, Ryan White was the little baby of Hubert and Wayne White. After being circumcised, the bleeding would not stop and after 3 days old, he was diagnosed with severe hemophilia A. He received a weekly infusion of Factor VIII (a blood product created from pooled plasma of non-hemophiliacs (Brannon, n.d.)), it is a common treatment for hemophiliacs at that time. He became extremely ill with pneumonia in December of 1984 even if he was healthy for the most of his childhood. Ryan was diagnosed with AIDS during a lung biopsy, was only given 3-6 months to live. Even after his diagnosis, there were no precautions or anything at the hospital. All of a sudden, the CDC shows up and the CDC started putting in all kinds of precautions: gloves, gowns, masks etc.
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Ryan asked his mother if he can go back to school. When his mother asked if he could go back to school, but it was denied by the school officials. They sent a form request permit to re-admittance to school was once again denied and this time by Western School Corporation superintendent James O. Smith. People were really cruel, people are calling him gay and that’s the only way he has gotten AIDS. That it was God’s punishment for him. It was really hard on Ryan being he was only a kid. When they moved to Cicero, Indiana, the entire community welcomed them. A young girl named Jill, she was the president of the student body decided to bring the medical experts and talk to the kids. The kids educated their parents when they got home. Ryan went back to school and he got to join proms and dances. At 16, he ended up getting a job at a surf shop and he was really happy about it that he gets to live like a normal teenager and fit
Ryan asked his mother if he can go back to school. When his mother asked if he could go back to school, but it was denied by the school officials. They sent a form request permit to re-admittance to school was once again denied and this time by Western School Corporation superintendent James O. Smith. People were really cruel, people are calling him gay and that’s the only way he has gotten AIDS. That it was God’s punishment for him. It was really hard on Ryan being he was only a kid. When they moved to Cicero, Indiana, the entire community welcomed them. A young girl named Jill, she was the president of the student body decided to bring the medical experts and talk to the kids. The kids educated their parents when they got home. Ryan went back to school and he got to join proms and dances. At 16, he ended up getting a job at a surf shop and he was really happy about it that he gets to live like a normal teenager and fit