Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.

I spent Christmas and the next thirty days in the hospital.

My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.

AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.

How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?

Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.

I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.