PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — An 18-year-old South Florida woman battling sickle cell disease is facing a critical hurdle in her journey toward a life-saving bone marrow transplant: finding enough rare blood donors to make the procedure possible.
Gigi Felix has lived with sickle cell disease her entire life and is now preparing for a bone marrow transplant that doctors hope will cure her condition. Her brother has already been identified as a perfect bone marrow match, clearing a major step toward treatment.
However, the transplant cannot move forward until doctors secure 50 units of specially matched blood…