I have a family friend that has been to the hospital more than fifteen times this year and the year is not over yet. Her son is a sickle cell anaemia victim. She is a well-educated woman. How did this happen? How did she find herself in this position? She believed what her husband told him about his genotype without confirming at the hospital.
If not that her son was always down with sickness ever since she had him, they would never have carried out the genotype test to know where the problem was coming from. She could not believe it because she already has two boys who are hale and hearty. So it was a surprise to them when she noticed her third baby was always falling sick and he was confirmed to be an SS. She argued with the Doctor that it is not biologically possible because she is the AS while her husband is AA, so it's not possible for them to give birth to a child with SS.
The doctor booked an appointment for them to have the genotype carried out on the two of them again. Lo and below, her husband is AS, she was devastated. The husband claims the last time he did it was before they got married,the result read as AA, so it's coming as a shock to him as well. She knows better not to marry a man with AS genotype since she is one as well.
The stress of taking care of a child with SS genotype is not quantifiable not to talk about the money for treatment involved. The deed is done already, there is no going back. Whenever her son is down with his "crisis", she always blames herself for bringing this pain upon the poor innocent boy. She blames herself for not insisting on medical confirmation about their genotype. She could have saved the innocent boy of this stress he knows nothing about. It is his parent mistake he paying for.
In their case, they were not aware, and I've heard of a couple that knew their genotype is not compatible but will still go ahead and got married all in the name of love hoping they be lucky with the kids not being AS and they ended up having two children with AS. That just a pure act of wickedness from those two adults. The trouble of having an AS genotype child is that not matter how much you love each other, the stress of having an SS child will dampen that love that made you do it in the first place, the frequent hospital visits or the money spent is nothing comparable to love. That is just being selfish and putting someone's live in jeopardy.
The trouble of having an AS genotype child is nothing compared to the love you have for each other, the stress of having an SS child will dampen that love that made you do it in the first place, the frequent hospital visits or the money spent is nothing compared to love. That is just being selfish and putting someone's live in jeopardy.
Living with sickle cell disease is a very painful condition. Episodes of sickle cell crisis can lead to blocked blood vessels which cause severe pains in the bones and other parts of the body; damage of organs by the defective red blood cells; constant tiredness, jaundice, and shortness of breaths, infections, pulmonary hypertension, acute chest syndrome, infections, and other ailments.
Though the chances of survival are slim; some people have been able to live above the age of 30 with increased medical care. The numbers can go up if adequate funds are made available for further research. It is never worth it, get yourselves examined today before taking a lifetime decision.
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