Historias de Sickler

Love and loss are things that Teniola Eboda must deal with to find out who she is. Teniola feels shortchanged in the School of Life. As a Sickle Cell patient, she is not a normal teenager and is forced to spin stories out of her head to get through every day. Her twin, Nifemi, is only a carrier and always on the prowl for his next girlfriend. Her father is a politician living in a different city and is hardly ever home. Her mother is obsessed with her enemies and, despite her education, she believes that her enemies are at work in her family's history of health challenges. Her sister watches the proceedings while trying to avoid their mother's matchmaking. During a nationwide strike that affects movement, Teniola has to find alternative ways to keep busy to ensure her sanity while trying not to think of her expiry date. Her entire family is on a countdown to a major milestone for her. Her minder, Aunty Nneka, is more available than her self-employed mother and together with Eloka, her best friend, they find new things to do on the internet. They find shocking truths about her father that could rip the fabric of their lives. But with a transplant coming up, Teniola may have just days in the calendar to set things right. It's her countdown to survival!

Hope on the realisation of her painful, not so perfect reality decides to open her heart one more time for the chance of a happy life; Follow Hope on this eye opening experience and learn a little or more about the life of a Sickler. XOXO #Life #love #sickler #Sicklecell #follow #Reality #pleasesupport #battles #fight

Every mother's prayer is for their children not to suffer. Ozoemena a child born in a bad circumstances. Sickness and poverty hovers over him. He's a sickler. A bright future isn't sure for him. Will he survive? not sure either. ©All rights reserved