Bridget Dawkins was complaining of hip pain. Weeks later she would have a fever, and chest pain. While playing basketball with her neighbors she collapsed. The doctors at the local hospital told Bridget's mother, Shawna, that their daughter was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. Surprisingly the doctor made a comment that people of African descent have the highest chances of having sickle cell anemia. Shawna wondered; "what exactly is sickle cell anemia? How is it caused? Why do African Americans have the highest chance of having sickle cell anemia only?" …
