Patient Stories

With 2025 in my rearview mirror and 2026 ahead of me, I’ve found myself reflecting deeply on the past year. Living with sickle cell disease has never been easy, but…

I like to believe that having sickle cell doesn’t at all limit my potential. If I really want to do something, then I can. However, I have to say I have always…

As the new year begins, I’ve been reflecting deeply on all that happened in 2025. Living with sickle cell disease has never been easy, but last year marked a…

Living with sickle cell disease hasn't been easy for me. I'm 24 years of age and I live in Ghana. Since I was born I have had sickle cell disease (SS) and I'm the…

Yet, instead of allowing sickle cell disease to define her future, she transformed it into the force that propelled her to academic excellence, public service, and…

Damaris Muga noticed the swelling first. Her son was around six months old. The swelling had settled into his joints and his legs, and none of it made sense. He had…

When Gabrielle Carter was two-and-a-half months old, her mother Debbie got terrible news. Gabrielle had sickle cell.That began a seven-year relationship with the…

Imagine spending a childhood being hospitalized between six and 12 times a year, every year. This was the reality for now 23-year-old Daniel Cressy, who was born…

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — It’s a phrase constantly repeated by blood banks: donate blood and save up to three lives.But for Malik Waldon, he’s living proof that…

For some superheroes, invisibility is a superpower. But for Lorin, a “superwoman” single mom of three, one of her powers is making an often “invisible” disease…