The Last Mile

It is every impending mother's dream that their period of pregnancy runs smoothly and they give birth to a perfectly healthy baby. But what if your child is born with a life threatening genetic blood disease. How would you cope with the earth shattering news that your newly born daughter has thalassemia? The majority of parents throughout the world don't even know thalassemia exists let alone what it is. But for the parents of children born with thalassemia it is a rude awakening to a life of de