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Daisha Dillon of Manchester has sickle cell disease and, cared for by the New England Sickle Cell Institute at UConn, had a successful pregnancy and birth.
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Brandy Compton, with her son Jermaine (contributed photo). Copy Link
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.”