IBOGIRL LIVING

  Typically I only take 2 breaks away from blogging in the year; summer and the holidays but the last 2 weeks have been especially draining for me and I simply just need another one now. I didn't plan on it and I thought I would be able to push through till December but I fear that if I do that, I will without question break down.

  Whenever we hear the word 'abandonment' we automatically assume the worst and for the most part, that's what abandonment feels like. It is the discontinuation of any further interest in a person which could be for any number of reasons or as I'm about to show, no reason at all; none that you know of anyway.

  By now I think we all know that the hallmark sign of sickle cell disease is pain crisis. A sickle cell crisis is pain that can begin suddenly and last several hours or go on for days. This happens when sickled red blood cells block small blood vessels that carry blood to the bones.