Seventeen-year-old Ayo Adewemimo was diagnosed of sickle cell anaemia at about age two. The first of three children – all boys – of Hakeem and Gbolabo Adewemimo, Ayo had all the care possible from his parents and medical personnel and coped with the challenges of being a sickle cell patient.
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