Lipscomb, Mercedes

Egypt A. Harvey is a fighting spirit! She is becoming "a voice" for children diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia. Born with Sickle Cell Anemia, Egypt understands the everyday issues and struggles of living with this disease, hospitalizations and medications. She offers a firsthand look into her life, a child that must "keep moving forward," even when she is not feeling her best. Once Egypt was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia at birth, her mother went searching for books that offered a firsthand account of what it is like to live, manage and raise a child diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia, howe...