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The Sickling 2/24 Kid Short Story

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The Story of the Sickling 2/24 Kid On February 24th, 1998, I was born in Miami, Florida at Jackson Memorial Hospital. On February 24th, 1998, I was also diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia. When I was old enough to remember, I realized the hospital was my second home. At the time I wasn’t aware what was wrong with me, but simply living was becoming tougher than it should be. For nineteen years I have been living with a constant struggle that seems to have no end. As a child, living through Sickle Cell Anemia took away the life a normal child would have. I was not able to play outside for long periods of time due to the fact that my body was not able to keep up with physical activity. Since I was about five years old, I had a near impossible

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