Sickle Cell Disease

This story is shared by a family whose son has sickle cell disease. As a Mother of three healthy children and expecting the fourth, we were looking forward to another healthy baby. I knew that I was a sickle cell trait (SCT) carrier. My father was in the Air Force and had been tested by the military and knew that he carried the gene for sickle trait. I can remember my mother having discussions about sickle cell anemia with our family. She would reference my cousins who had sickle cell disease and the pain that accompanied the disease. She told me [...]