In honor of a little girl who lost her battle to sickle cell anemia, two non-profit organizations are working together to raise awareness and hopefully save lives. September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder which causes red blood cells to contort into a sickle
The Greater Bethlehem Temple Pentecostal Church and the American Red Cross held a blood drive all day Friday to honor and raise awareness for Sa’ray Harvey, a 6-year-old girl suffering from sickle cell disease. Lynn resident Schuyler Hogan, Harvey’s cousin, helped organize the blood drive alongside Bishop Anthony Bennett and
People with sickle cell disease call themselves warriors. They battle their own bodies, and they too often must confront hospital workers who doubt their pain and a public that doesn’t understand their illness. The fight begins at a very young age, which is something Alexis Lott knows well. The 32-year-old
Twenty-one-year-old Jasemine Jackson-Winston is a senior studying at Ohio State University. She was born with sickle cell disease. “It’s frustrating. It’s hard for me to focus and hard for me to study because of the pain,” said Jackson-Winston. Sickle cell is inherited and mostly affects the black community. Red blood
A mum from Birmingham who suffers from a life-threatening disease has made a heartfelt for more blood donors from the Afro-Caribbean community as the city faces a huge shortfall. Shelley Falconer, 34, from Erdington, was diagnosed with sickle cell as a baby and receives six units of blood every four
