Facing Two Sickles: Families Dealing with Sickle-Cell Disease

Facing Two Sickles: Families Dealing with Sickle-Cell Disease - Hardcover

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Facing Two Sickles: Families Dealing with Sickle-Cell Disease

Facing Two Sickles: Families Dealing with Sickle-Cell Disease - Hardcover

by Zetta Sylvia Baillou-Poitier
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When author Zetta Sylvia Baillou-Poitier met her husband, Floyd, in 1988, it was love at first sight. She had no idea he carried the sickle-cell trait, and he had no idea Zetta also had the sickle-cell trait. But it set the stage for the challenges the couple would face as they started a family together. In Facing Two Sickles, Zetta shares the story of raising two children diagnosed with sickle-cell disease, an inherited condition affecting a person's haemoglobin. In this memoir, she offers a look at the disease, its symptoms, its treatment, and she tells how she leaned on the Lord. Facing Two Sickles offers encouragement and inspiration to caretakers and parents of children with sickle-cell disease. Through Zetta's personal story, it helps one cope with the death of a loved one, and it sends the message that those coping with dire illness and loss are not alone.

ISBN9781532076749
Author Zetta Sylvia Baillou-Poitier
PublisheriUniverse
GenreBiography and Relationships
FormatHardcover
PublishedJune 2019
LanguageENG- English
Pages110
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Zetta Sylvia Baillou-Poitier

Zetta Sylvia Baillou-Poitier was born 7 June 1963 in High Rock, Grand Bahama. She attended the all-age school in High Rock and graduated from Grand Bahama Catholic High School in 1979. She completed certification courses at Nassau Business Academy in 1980 and 1981. She always wanted to become a stewardess because she loved to travel; however, she settled for studying business and remained in the field as a banker. For thirty-four years, she was employed as a banker with the Royal Bank of Canada in the Bahamas. The job afforded her opportunities to work as an administrator, loans officer, and collections officer. She retired in November 2015. She is an active member of St. Andrew's Baptist Church of Fire Road, Abaco, Bahamas. She is also very active in numerous charity groups in Cooper's Town, Abaco, Bahamas She comes from a small family of one sister and three brothers. Both her parents are alive and reside in High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. She lives in Cooper's Town with her husband of thirty years, Floyd, and their son, Vance.

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