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Washington mdash; Soon after Heaven Buchanan celebrated her 10th birthday this year, she was admitted into a Chicago hospital, where she would stay for almost three weeks with severe pain in her arms and legs.The pain is all too familiar for Heaven, who enjoys playing with Barbies, jamming to Beyonce s latest hits and making digital art. She is one of the approximately 100,000 Americans dealing with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder affecting the shape of the red blood cells that can lead to blood flow complications and a range of other painful issues. It was very concerning because her oxygen level stayed low, Heaven s mother, Levella Golden, said about the hospital stay, which included blood transfusions, high-dose pain medicine and supplemental oxygen. I felt bad as a parent, just seeing her lying like that, and there [was] nothing I [could] do. Heaven Buchanan and her mother Levella Golden.
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