Priceless! Sickle Cell Survivor Celebrates Her Brother Who Donated His Bone Marrow to Her 13 Years Ago
A Nigerian Sickle Cell survivor, identified as Samira Sanusi has taken to social media to celebrate her selfless brother, Musty Sanusi who donated his bone marrow to save her life 13 years ago.
Since the bone marrow which was transplanted into her in Vienna, Austria in 2004, she has devoted her life to fighting sickle cell by creating awareness.
She is also using her experience to support other less fortunate young people with the condition emotionally and financially through her foundation, The Samira Sanusi Sickle Cell Foundation.
Celebrating her amazing brother, Samira shared the photo above and wrote;
”13 years ago today @mustysanusi gave me his Bone Marrow/Stem Cells which cured me of Sickle Cell Anaemia.”
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Nigerian Twitter users have since crowned Musty a hero as they celebrate him.
See some lovely comments below:
Photo credit: Twitter
Wow. He is a super hero. Siblings are awesome.
He should be celebrated.He is an hero