After years of searching for solutions, the 12-year-old's doctors were able to find a cure by a stem therapy and bone marrow transplant.
Twelve-year-old Kelsey Farris is familiar with hospital visits, medical crises and pain no child should endure. Kelsey's battle with sickle cell disease began at birth. After years of searching for solutions, her doctors were able to find a cure by a stem therapy and bone marrow transplant.“It’s a huge blessing that she is essentially able to start life over again,' said Ebony Farris, Kelsey's mother.
Kelsey now spends her time recovering from the transplant, creating her bucket list and spreading awareness about stem transplants.'It will be hard. Very hard. But, there will be some easy things coming your way,' said Kelsey. 'It's important that people know out there that there are very painful and deadly disease out there and we need to do something about it, because there are a lot of people and we need to help them.'Dr.
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