WEBVTT

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Hi, my name is
Bridget and I live in Blanchard, Oklahoma.

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When I was 12,
I was diagnosed with leukemia

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and I did a lot of chemo
and then eventually radiation,

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and then also had a bone
marrow transplant.

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The chemo and radiation, it just attacks
like your teeth, your gums and all that.

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And it just we weren't focused
on the healthiness of my teeth.

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We were more focused on survival.

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So they just started decaying
and falling out.

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And I wouldn't laugh out loud because
I was afraid of how my teeth would look.

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And I just wanted to smile in pictures
and be happy and look happy.

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Like how I felt on the inside.

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Bridger reached out to me

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and she said, hey,
I'm in a really good spot in my life.

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I'm cancer free
and I want to be able to smile again.

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I was like, yeah, we got to do this.

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She got her teeth and her.

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A day or two later
she texted me and she just.

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This was super long text that she loves
her teeth and she could smile again.

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She sent me a bunch of pictures. So cool.

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I mean, that special taking care
of someone and letting them to live

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their life and be happy, smile
and not worry about their teeth.

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It's really special.

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Doctor Brooks changed my life by giving me

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back my confidence, my happiness, my joy.

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You changed my life.

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He doesn't really know it,
and I don't know if I'll ever be able

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to tell him how much she really did help.