Shelly woke up and instantly saw a difference.
Transcript
So I remember getting out of bed and they let me walk to the washroom … and I looked in the mirror. And my face, because I was on Prednisone, was like massive. Like huge huge but it was pink. And I had never had pink cheeks before in my life. And that’s the first thing I said to the nurse. I said ‘oh my God.’ And she goes ‘what?’ I go ‘I have pink cheeks’. So I said people are like ‘Oh it’s not a big thing’ but for me ya, I’ve always been pale, right?
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