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Camp Crescent Brings Summer Fun to Kids with Painful Blood Disease

Camp Crescent is run by St. Louis Children’s Hospital in Potosi, MO exclusively for children ages 8-12 with sickle cell ...

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St. Louis Soap Box Derby Extra Special for Pair of Brothers

Landre (11) and his brother Jamerius (13) have Sickle-cell disease, which is when red blood cells have an abnormal shape ...

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Team Spirit Fuels the Fight of Her Life: The Real Story Behind Laila and the Blues

Read more about Laila's story and struggle with HLH (hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis). Learn how the St. Louis Blues helped fuel Laila. ...

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A Sister's Gift Saves Her Brothers

Learn more about Camren and Camar's struggle with sickle cell anemia and their experiences with St. Louis Children's Hospital. ...

Patient Stories

Averie Tibbs: A Rare Match Leads to Life-Saving Second Bone Marrow Transplant

Averie, now 13, was diagnosed as an infant with the inherited blood disorder beta thalassemia major. Averie had been receiving ...

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Medical Animation: Sickle Cell Anemia

In this video St. Louis Children's Hospital explains what sickle cell anemia is and how it works. Learn more. ...