When most students think about getting sick, it is probably from a hangover, the common cold or the flu. For some Texas Tech University students, getting sick meant battling for their lives against fatal illnesses. According to I Care, I Cure, 13,500 children are diagnosed with cancer every year and most causes of childhood cancer are unknown. Shelby […]
Full-Time Students Dealing With Chronic Illnesses
January 15, 2015 by
Jeff Stricklen, a senior Spanish major from Pilot Point, Texas, found out he had a chronic illness in 2011. “That summer I had gone on vacation with my family to South Padre,” Stricklen said, “and on the second day we were there, I developed a strange rash.” Stricklen said his family thought it was heat […]
