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The Caring is Giving segment focuses on the stories of caregivers whose loved ones are living with sickle cell disease. I spoke with special guest, Diane, the grandmother of Genesis, a bone marrow transplant recipient. Diane is both a teacher and sickle cell caregiver.

This episode shares information about children diagnosed in utero with sickle cell disease. Genesis's mother learned she would have sickle cell disease after receiving amniocentesis testing. It is believed that for the first six months of a child's life, children with sickle cell disease still have prevalent fetal hemoglobin (hemoglobin F, HbF) from their mothers. Diane, the grandmother of Genesis shared with us the earlier experiences that she had while caring for her granddaughter.

The American Red Cross recorded that children with sickle cell disease are at risk of receiving a stroke. Diane spoke to us about her granddaughter's experience suffering from a silent stroke.  

Diane advises parents to teach their children how to communicate what is going on with their health, so they can tell the doctors and healthcare workers how they feel themselves. She mentioned that this may help the child gain more respect early on in their lives as they communicate with health care professionals.

During the conversation Diane speaks about about pediatric patients and depression, If you are curious about the correlation, please read this article: Screening for Depression in Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease.

If this episode intrigued you to learn more about the clinical trials available for sickle cell patients, you should visit ClinicalTrials.gov. Also check out the trials that are being done at the National Institute of Health.

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