When we’re young, we feel invincible. Health is on our side, we feel like we have all the time in the world, and all the ailments that affect older people? We don’t need to worry about those — or so we think.
From time to time, we all get a reality check. Whether it’s a sharp pain in our back reminding us that time is indeed slipping by, or the sudden realization that our parents are growing old, it’s the kind of growing pains everyone goes through. But no one truly expects to be diagnosed with a life-changing disease at 28 years old, as happened to Jade Windley. This is her story.