Part 1:
My name is Celli I am a gene Cell inside my host. My host name is Nick, he is a male kid who loves video games and his family. Years ago when are host was getting born this thing called Sickle Cell Disease [SCD] was spreading around us and we could not fight it. We then began to get less flexible and were sometimes getting stuck in the small blood vessels of our host. As years passed at the age of 13 Nick began getting tired most of time than usual, his hands and feet were getting painful and swelling, and his skin began turning yellow. These are the side-affects when getting SCD, I think the cause of getting this mutation is through family genes. Nick’s Parents [Sophie and Fred] never mentioned them getting SCD to Nick, maybe they wanted to keep it a secret. Nick told his parents and when they saw his skin they decided to not let him go to school, Sophie and Fred thought he was sick, so on a school day he was lying in his bed and [since Sophie is a stay home person] she brought him food and took care of him. A few days later Sophie called her doctor named ‘’Doctor Gantlet’’ and she told him about Nick’s disease and that she knew what it was all this time, she didn’t know the cure for it but when she called Doc. Gantlet he told her ‘’the cure for [SCD] is Bone Marrow Transplant [BMT]’’. That means someone that has the same Cell gene type that we all have has to donate little samples of their good Cells to replace us. When Fred got home Sophie told him about what’s happening to Nick, the reason why Sophie knew about what was happening to him is because Fred had SCD when he was young and that Nick’s Grandfather donated samples of his cells to cure him. Sophie and Fred told Nick about what has to be happened, Nick was a little scared [he would have to get a big needle shot so the Doctors can replace us]. Fred then told Nick that he went through the same thing when he was young and that he was more scared then Nick, but he was brave and wasn’t afraid to do nothing. Fred was trying to encourage Nick to do this cure and also offering to give the samples of his Cells to us, Nick then decided to do the cure. 2 days later Sophie took Nick and Fred to the Hospital, when it was Nick’s turn Nick and Fred both went into a Room and Sophie went back home. 5 hours later Sophie came back to the hospital and was waiting in the Wait-Room for 20 min, When Fred and Peter came out of the Room the Doctor said that Nick is feeling better. Everything in Nick body was becoming normal again and that the new Cells in his body were running properly and healthy. Nick thankfully hugged Fred as saying ‘’thank you’’ Fred then said ‘’I would do anything to keep you alive and healthy’’ as they were leaving.
Part 2:
- 1. What is the cure for [BMT]?
- 2. Google.
- 3. I needed to know [what is Sickle Cell Disease, what can it do, what are the side-affects, what is the cure etc].
- 5. I found this assignment was a bit tricky process but I learned A lot about SCD. Maybe I could have done a little bit more research on my topic.