This story was inspired by a true event, and I decided to share it here on the #pob-wotw because the story of this boy in question was a very sad and bitter one who fought with the sickle cell disease till he eventually ended it with a great lesson for everyone to learn from it.
so grab a chair and read along
It was 2010 when I just got promoted to the senior secondary class 1(SS1) from the junior section and immediately I was distributed into a class because we were many and we had to settle down to stat work. After some weeks of resumption where everything has settled down and classes had also started, it was on this faithful day a guy walked into the class and caught almost half of the class’s attention because of the way he looked😞.
This was young boy who got a transfer to continue his senior education in my school, everyone immediately knew he was a “Sickle cell patient because of his slender stature and the bright yellow colour of his eyes.
Despite the fact that he knew what is happening to him, he quickly got along with the class and made sure he made good friends, little did I know that he was just trying to enjoy all that is left in his life and made sure it had a happy ending for him.
As time goes on, I got more closer to him and we talked about so many things and shared some wonderful stories and memories together which made us even more close. It was then he opened up to me that even his younger brother is also a Sickle cell victim too.
I felt so much sadness in my heart and I was prompted to ask if his parents didn’t know each other’s genotypes well before getting married and started having kids, because for them to have 2 sickle cells children is more than just a mistake.
Then, he later explained to me that it was his parent’s lack of knowledge about it that caused it and he felt so sorry for them most especially his younger brother 😥😥. And he later told me that he would love to sensitise and educate people about knowing their genotypes before marriage if he had the opportunity later in life.
He was known throughout the school for his brilliance in his studies and also for his kindness and meekness towards everyone and he is also a person filled with joy regardless of what he’s passing through.
THE BITTER MOMENT
The most painful and sad part of this story was when he fell sick snd stopped coming to class in the year 2012.
Then the class representative decided to choose certain people in class to check up on him every week to know how he’s keeping up.
On the day he died, I was supposed to be part of the selected people who were chosen to check up on him but I was feeling sick that present moment and I was replaced by a friend of mine.
That very day his mother knew he was going to give up the ghost because of the way he was behaving at that present moment. When he saw his mother crying he called onto her and tried to pet her with his last strength to stop crying and kept telling her it was going to be fine.
Eventually he died😥.
This is all that is left from the memories we shared
MY ADVICE
It is very important to know the genotype of your partner if you’re planning to start a family in order to produce healthy kid to the society.
Please do not ignore this
Thanks for reading through, this is my entry for the #pob-wotw S4W3 edition
Special thanks to @scholaris and @scholaris.pob for this week’s #pob-wotw