hi everyone I'm Billy yeah just like Billy eilish but not famous welcome to my second home the hospital if you want to know why I live here please like And subscribe growing up in Canada I was always in awe of how beautiful the country was besides the freezing cold and constant snow but Mom and Dad loved to travel that's why before I turned 10 I had already been to five different countries one time when we were at the Met Museum in New York I had the worst stomach pain my stomach burned and I couldn't walk
Mom Dad it hurts they rushed me to the hospital and throughout the day they tried to call me because I was so scared honey you're gonna be fine don't worry we're here she must be in so much pain look at how much she's sweating my poor baby and then it all went blank when I woke up I found Mom and Dad talking to the doctor what the doctor said left me wishing I didn't hear it I was diagnosed with crohn's on my 14th birthday Crohn's is when your bowels are inflamed and can cause severe stomach
ache and may also require surgery at times my parents did everything they could to cheer me up but I was angry at everything even though I knew they were struggling financially and were very stressed I couldn't help it I was rude to the nurses and even snapped at my parents one day however I had snapped to the point that I threw a bowl of custard at the door right behind the nurse that's so disgusting who eats food like that Billy that's no way to behave they're trying to help you I don't want anyone's help none
of you understand how much pain I'm in or what it's like to be stuck in here it would be an understatement to say my parents were shocked at how much my behavior had changed I hated everything about my life I was away from my friends stuck at the hospital eating tasteless food and worst of all my condition got worse when I turned 15 I had to get a stoma temporarily which is kind of gross and you don't need to know the details except that I had several questions for my doctor will it stink is it
safe it won't cause an infection right honey give the doctor a chance to answer because of the surgery I had to stay in the hospital for a couple of months so I could be monitored the pain was getting worse and I hated being at the hospital at first one day I walked out of my room because I couldn't sleep that's when I heard someone crying I walked towards the sound and saw it was mom and dad was trying to calm her down I don't know how to help her she's so upset here and the bills
will keep getting higher what do we do we will continue to be happy around her she will be irritated but if we stay happy maybe she'll feel more hopeful I felt like the biggest jerk my parents were struggling and I had no idea because they were trying so hard to make me happy make me feel like a normal teenager that was when I decided to repay the favor and make them feel better about everything but the only way I could do that right now was to be happy or pretend to be even if I'm not
so to make my parents feel better I sucked it up and decided to stay happy I read somewhere that having a positive mindset helps heal faster and that is exactly what I did I decorated my room with pictures of friends and family every trip we went on and so much more Billy I love what you've done with your room it's so pretty honey thank you so much I was cut off by some guy yelling and a nurse crossing my room wiping her tears the nurse told me that there was a new guy down the hall
and he was always angry I knew how he felt and I realized what a horrible person I'd been to my nurses before I knew just how to fix his mood I wanted to do something for him to get him to smile but he wouldn't leave his room all he did was yell at everyone who spoke to him I had had enough so one day when he was taken out by the nurse to run some tests finally I had my chance so I rushed into his room to prepare my surprise I decorated it just like mine
I think better than that because by the time I was done it looked like a unicorn threw up a rainbow in there and Wow when he saw the room the expression on his face was priceless you what have you done oh shoot I ran away from him but to my horror he was running after me too he only stopped when I did and he began yelling at me and telling me how irritated he was but you've got to admit this is probably the most fun you've had in the past couple of days you're very annoying
stay out of my room I hate hospitals rude since that day I steered clear of the guy whose name I Learned was steel selling name and he seems to get bent out of shape much easier than his name suggests he stayed away from me too and every time he saw me he would glare and walk the opposite way one day one of the nurses came to check up on me she told me how bad she felt for steel why would you feel bad for him he's so rude oh sweetie who wouldn't be it was his
birthday last week he was so excited to see his friends but none of them showed up even after they promised him and his parents had to work poor guy oh shoot now even I felt bad for him my parents helped me get him a cake I didn't want to go to his room after he asked me not to so I asked the nurse to bring it with a note happy birthday jerk boy from the sick girl down the hall five minutes later I saw someone's Shadow under my door walking up and down the hallway and
then I heard a knock hey Sick girl what do you do when you can't sleep wow took you six rounds up and down the hallway to ask me that just stare at the stars I guess he just rolled his eyes at me I brushed past him and dragged him with me to my favorite spot we went to the courtyard and sat on the bench looking at the stars I'm sorry it's just that I hate missing out on everything why do I have to be sick why can't I just have a life like every other kid
my age it's just not fair I was like that too at the beginning but then I realized how much my parents continue to do for me and how what I'm trying to say is you shouldn't just pay attention to what you don't have I mean look you got to meet an amazing person like me right here you really couldn't have asked for anything better how are you this positive how do you distract yourself from all this pain and stuff if you wait to be happy until everything is fine you'll waste your whole life so I
gave myself a purpose a mission what mission I haven't told anyone before oh well you don't have to tell me no it's okay I need motivation to work harder on it so here goes I'm starting a foundation dedicated to help parents of kids who are sick so they don't have to worry about bills wow that's actually pretty amazing I can help if you want and would love to join for real once it's up and running yes I need all the help I can get pretty soon the both of us began hanging out often and working
on plans and ideas for the foundation I would spend all day in his room and he wouldn't mind we even introduced our parents to each other it was nice to finally have someone close to my age to talk to who understands exactly what it's like to have a condition one evening a couple of weeks after my stoma surgery steel came up to my room want a change of view what did you have in mind I followed steel out and he helped me walk by holding onto my hand and my waist my face was turning red
as a beat and my heart was hammering in my chest was this what a crush felt like he led me to the cafeteria and my jaw dropped he had set up a beautiful candlelight dinner whoa steel I didn't know you were such a sap why all you do is work to help other people you deserve something just for you thank you this is so beautiful he led me to the table and it was all set up the food was still steaming still even pulled out the chair for me to sit first what a gentleman you
know even before I was sick I wasn't very nice I was rude angry and took everything for granted and then I met you I didn't know anyone could be so fun and positive while things aren't going the way they want as much as I hate the hospital I'm glad I'm here it was so sweet but then he leaned in to kiss me I put my hands against his chest still we can't kiss you could get sick the look on his face broke my heart so I held his hand and mine instead and he smiled the
next day I woke up with the biggest smile yesterday was like a dream come true a fairy tale just just then the doctor and my parents walked in to talk to me honey guess what you get to go home finally what you're all good now you'll just have to come for a checkup in a few months but other than that you're fine you can leave here today isn't that great sweetheart it is it's amazing while Mom and Dad were taking care of all the last minute paperwork I walked over to Steele's room he gave me
the tightest hug as soon as he saw me still I have some news I'm being discharged today I leave in a couple of hours that's great news Billy why aren't you excited about it because once I leave I won't be able to visit you I'll be moving back to Canada oh is there no way you could visit I don't think so I can try though but still is it fine if I just leave like that hey hey no you don't have to ask me I'll be completely fine I'm I'm just so happy you're finally getting
out of the hospital completely healthy and I promise you I won't go back to being a grumpy jerk boy I'll make sure I make every moment count just like you did I spent the rest of my time there with steel until my parents came to get me we promise to stay in touch [Music] foreign for the first few months I thought every other person I saw on the street was steel everywhere I looked there he was I felt like Cupid Had hit me with a bucket of love with Steele's name on it but I pushed
it aside there was nothing I could do as the years passed life got in the way and eventually we both lost touch with each other I got extremely busy with completing high school trying to get into a university and with the foundation I put all of my focus on getting it open after organizing talent shows and competitions as fundraisers and to get some Awareness on it I got some attention and eventually got to meet the CEOs of the biggest organizations who wanted to help me out with my own Foundation but I was in for a
shock when I spoke to them so from all the donations and money you make we will get 40 of the cut and you can decide how much you want to keep then give the rest to the families I'm sorry but did you just suggest that you and I take the majority of the money that is supposed to go to struggle families of course I don't agree that is not the goal of my Foundation you're just a child this is how it works I have nothing to lose If you deny this offer it's just you who
will struggle I was fuming with rage when I stepped out I ranted about it for days to my parents I had to take matters into my own hands I worked hard for years at University and internships and finally at the age of 22 I opened my very own Foundation it became known globally I was one of the youngest CEOs in the world and I was on many magazine covers as well I'm not gonna lie that was fun and it made me feel great but it wasn't the fame I was after it was the families I
got to help out many people showed up to donate and help out and one day my assistant ran up to my office to inform me that we had gotten one of the biggest donations ever a whopping one hundred thousand dollars he's here right now and he wants to work with us as well isn't this exciting can I show him in a hundred thousand yes of course I can't wait to meet this angel of a person I'm an angel now I thought I was the jerk boy it was steel I couldn't believe my eyes six years
later and he was finally here so I'm perfectly healthy now do you think we could pick up where we left off maybe I take you out somewhere that doesn't serve hospital food I'm so happy for you steel and I know a great coffee shop there's so much catching up to do everything worked even better than I could imagine and it was all because a long time ago I decided if you wait to be happy until everything is fine you'll waste your whole life waiting [Music]
