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Article: One family's struggle with sickle cell disease: in the home of Dorian and Lavender Simpson, both of their children are victims of the painful blood disorder.(Interview)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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EVERYTHING about Tiffany Simpson appears to be perfectly fine. But pain and drugs have been her unwelcome, constant companion for much of her life. The 15-year-old, who lives in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles with her parents and brother, has sickle cell disease. And so does her 5-year-old brother, Dorian Simpson Jr.
The bright, attractive and, when she can be, very sociable youngster has been in and out of hospitals most of her life. She hasn't been to school since early January and desperately misses her friends and the daily routine that many students take for granted. "People have heard of sickle cell disease, but they don't pay attention to ...