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.”