Black Blood Heals
The Black Blood Heals Podcast explores the stories of heroic Black donors who have saved lives and Black patients in need of life-saving stem cell and bone marrow transplants. Hear from Black doctors about disparities in healthcare affecting the Black community and learn how you can take action to save a life and change outcomes for patients battling blood cancer, sickle cell disease and other life-threatening diseases.
Black Blood Heals
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child with Sickle Cell Disease
Imagine being the mother of three children with a life threatening disease. A disease that doesn’t care about age, time or place. How do you bottle the strength, the faith and the will to beat a disease that doesn’t fight fair? Today Tamara Weston is joined by Millapar Dahn, Founder and CEO of MTS Sickle Cell Foundation Inc and the mother of three daughters suffering from sickle cell disease.
Get an insight into the work that Millapar is doing for the sickle cell community and what her day to day life looks like as the mother of three daughters suffering from sickle cell disease. Over the last ten years her children have endured over 10 surgeries and over 100 blood transfusions but throughout this episode you’ll hear how this inspiring mother has been fueled by these battles to help this community in so many ways.
June 19th is also sickle cell awareness day so Millapar invites you to use your Juneteenth events to help spread awareness for this disease because it really will require us to heal us. Share this episode to help raise awareness and visit mythreesicklers.org to learn how you can get involved with Millapar and the work that she’s doing for the sickle cell community.
Resources:
- Find ways to help at https://mythreesicklers.org/
- Subscribe to the podcast and tune in each week
- Spread the word, share this podcast with a friend
- Visit https://bethematchblk.org to learn more about how you can join the registry
Get Involved
- Join the Donor Registry: https://bit.ly/3UGiU1S
- Visit NMDP for resources: https://bit.ly/48moDxd
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