Case #04: Shelby

10/31/22 • 35 min

Shelby was a freshman in college when she got mono - something that, though draining, is very common in school-age kids. But her mono wasn’t like anything her friends or family had ever seen before. As her condition turns life-threatening, stumped doctors search for answers before it is too late for her or her unborn child.

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Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast - Case #04: Shelby

Transcript

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He described it as I looked like I looked like cookies and cream pudding, Like I was that shade of gray, and he's like, I'm taking her straight to the emergency room. A lot of doctors either they've never heard of it or they don't believe it exists. These patients are just ignored because it's very difficult to recognize that there's something going on. I just remember praying in the room to let me meet my daughter, my God's grace, to let me get