BALTIMORE — September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month.
It’s a time used to raise awareness about the disease.
WMAR-2 News spoke to a family in Baltimore directly impacted by the disease.
They are on a mission to help other families like themselves.
Nikia Vaughan is the executive director for the Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Association.
This issue hits close to home because both her husband and daughter have sickle cell disease.
Nikia’s daughter, Cimone Vaughan, is a 7th grader. Everyday she has to take hydroxyurea, which is medicine to help her manage sickle cell disease.
“When I was younger, I had to take the liquid, so the liquid was nasty, so they switched to pills at the age of 11,” said Cimone.
But Cimone is not alone, her dad Charmon Vaughan has sickle disease as well. He says growing up it was tough.
“I wasn’t allowed to the things that my other friends were doing just because my …