This is a real story from South Africa.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvcvKWLSh5Y

8-year-old Kamsiyochukwu was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia when he was merely one. Sickle cell anaemia is a life-threatening blood disorder in which the body has insufficient healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen. Besides experiencing symptoms such as periodic attacks of pain and frequent infections, patients may have complications, including stroke and organ damage. “Sickle cell disease is not a disease of one person. It is a disease that affects the whole family because you cannot be at peace when your child is sick or having pain,” said Blessing Ezenwa, mother of Kamsiyochukwu.

After receiving countless blood transfusions for numerous years, his doctor recommended a stem cell transplant as a potential cure for the condition. As his mother decided to bank her younger child’s cord blood at birth, Kamsiyochukwu could undergo a transplant with the stored cord blood in January 2020. “The product was delivered to us as planned at Apollo Hospital. Everything has been good since the transplant,” added Blessing.

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