RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — After four years of battling a severe blood disease, five-year-old Zion Ortiz is finally free of sickle cell anemia.
Earlier this month, Zion underwent a successful bone marrow transplant in North Carolina after his family discovered that his 14-year-old half-sister, Marissa, was a donor match.
“This has been about four years in the making. So, the fact that we’re here — we’re just over the moon,” said Zion’s mother, Taniqua Bates…