You probably learned about red blood cells in a high school science class. But most of us don’t know the impact that they can have on our bodies when we don’t have enough healthy ones. When faced with a shortage of healthy red blood cells, our blood flow can be blocked causing pain, infection and fatigue. This is known as sickle cell disease.


 


Host:


Willard Shepard, Emmy AwardWinning Journalist


 


Guests:


Neil Miransky, D.O. (https://baptisthealth.net/doctors/nei...) , Chief Medical Officer of Pharmacy Services and operates Sickle Cell Care at Baptist Health South Miami Hospital


 


Josiah Frierson, Sickle Cell Patient