In the year 2000 I used to know one young guy of may be over
18 years but look just 13 year A nice young guy who goes his own way.
One day I woke up early on a cold wet, raining morning
around 5a.m suddenly, it was a Saturday morning and I don’t normally wake up
until about 7-8am on weekends only to discover that it was the mother of the
boy’s shout that I heard.
What happened? The boy that early wet cold morning was found
to have died in his sleep
That was the day I heard that the young man was a sickle cellar
(what people in medical line call sickle cell anemia).
Today when I was thinking of the ember month that we
entered into on September and today is the second of October 2015, I realized
that the end of the year 2015 is almost on us and the Christmas season is here
again.
A lot of people may want to move out of their location to go
on vacation during this season and they may need to choose their location
carefully especially if they have a health issue.
The Heath Issue I will consider vis-à-vis choice of location
in this write up is those that have this kind of health challenge
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA PATIENT AND CHOICE OF VACATION LOCATION
A sickle cell anemia is a kind of blood disease that affects
that affect children born by parents who are AS OR SS BLOOD Group. I am not a
medical person so that is the only way I understand to explain it. I do not
have it but I have had friends who had it, I have had friends whose children or
one of their children have.
The guy I mentioned earlier who died during the raining
season of 2000 was a neighbor’s son, and it was his mother that told me that he
was a sickle cellar and that it must have been the cold season that caused his
death because he always have more crisis during the cold season and I have seen
a lot of those that have this disease take extra care always be in very warm
place during wet season.
5 THINGS A SICKLE
CELL ANEAMIA PATIENT MUST CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING HOLIDAY OR VACATION LOCATION.
1. The
weather of the area where they want to go on vacation:- This is necessary so
that the person can go with the appropriate dressing that will always keep him
warm for that season
2. The
choice of food:- From what I learnt from those who are parents that are taking
care of the children that have this kind of health challenge they must be
careful what they eat.
Their food must be more of protein and
vegetables and fruits therefore, wherever a person that have such health
challenge is going to for holiday they must be able to get healthy balance diet
to eat.
3. The
Medication:- They must take their medication along in case of suddenly health
crisis and they must check before living to their holiday or vacation location
that they find their prescribed drug there if there is ever a need for them to
want to buy.
4. It
is important for them to have access to fund in case they will need more money
than they physically carry with them when they were living for their vacation.
5. Do
not go on vacation or on holiday all alone:- Finally, it is not advisable for
such person to go on holiday or on vacation all alone. Such a person with such
health challenge should always have someone trusted to be with him or her to
keep him or her company so that someone that understand the person’s health
history can be there to explain for those that might want to help in case of
health crisis.
