Life of Young Mom with Sickle Cell Disease Improved by New Drug

Life of Young Mom with Sickle Cell Disease Improved by New Drug
Patients at UConn Health's New England Sickle Cell Institute have a range of advanced health management options available to them
Brandy Compton, with her son Jermaine (contributed photo).
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Since she was only 4 months old, Brandy Compton, 31, of Hartford, has been battling sickle cell disease, a painful inherited red blood cell condition impacting the blood’s circulation due to abnormally hook-shaped red blood cells.
“As a baby I wouldn’t stop crying, and nothing my mother did worked to console me. Then they found out I had sickle cell disease,” says Compton. “Growing up was challenging, and I was homeschooled after the third grade since I was missing way too many days of school due to my painful disease.”

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