Tanwa is a five-year-old girl living with an inherited blood disorder called sickle cell disease.
Tanwa\'s mother encourages her to have fun and find reasons to laugh because laughter is the best medicine..
Tanwa learned to pray to God for strength and healing and she understands that she needs to stay hydrated to help her body not go into a sickle cell crisis.
Like every five-year-old, she wants to play and have fun but sometimes she is limited by her condition.
She is the middle child with four brothers and many cousins.
Tanwa is fun and intelligent and she narrates how sickle cell affects her.
Tanwa is a five-year-old girl living with an inherited blood disorder called sickle cell disease