Sickle cell trait describes a condition in which a person has one abnormal allele of the hemoglobin beta gene (is heterozygous), but does not display the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease that occur in a person who has two copies of that allele (is homozygous) […]

I recall it was on or about my brother Leslie’s 1st birthday, I was at home with baby Leslie, our father and someone else. I don’t recall if our mother was present on this occasion. Baby Leslie was hungry and started crying for food. Our father went into the kitchen to heat up […]

I was sitting at the dining table and baby Leslie was crawling around on the floor. His mother was running around the house doing random housework as usual. His father was semi-intoxicated, sitting watching television, near the front door. Little baby Leslie […]