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Hibbing goalie’s health may have been her biggest save

By Staff Reports, 12/24/10, 10:05PM CST

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16-year-old Johnson coping with hyperthyroidism

After two visits to doctors produced no relief for her ailments, Hibbing High School junior Dory Johnson, 16, surfed the Internet and self-diagnosed the problem that had robbed her of her strength

Before her online ingenuity, Johnson increasingly struggled to handle daily life, becoming nervous and moody, shaking uncontrollably and lost 15 to 20 pounds in a matter of weeks.

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