Carolyn Sayre, "Making Sickle Cell Disease a Manageable Illness"

This article by Carolyn Sayre is about children coping with sickle cell disease.

Originally, the life expectancy of a child born with sickle cell disease was up to 14 years of age. However now, life expectancy rose up to 40.

What happened exactly?

Besides the advancment of medecine and research on the human body, health experts opt to coping with this disease while a cure is being found.

There is knowledge of the cure of sickle cell, but there's not enough to cover the amount of people with the disease.

However, it turns out that newborn babies with the disease that are given penicillen can get better faster than the newborns not given penicillen.

This means that starting children off on medication early can decrease the harmful effects of sickle cell.

The article puts a sort of relief throughout the article, reaching out to those who suffer under the disease.

Throughout, Sayre talks about the excited parents that will be able to see their kids grow beyond whats expected.

Cures currently are under research, and scientists are looking into stem-cell research as one of the possible cures for sickle cell.

Hopes are up for the advancement of this cure, and happiness is all around, along with a lot of patience and coping.

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