Popular Nollywood actress, Eucharia Anunobi has opened up about the pain of losing her son to Sickle Cell Disease.

She said, “Just before my son was one year old, he fell ill and I took him to the hospital. They checked his genotype and said he was SS, and there started the battle of my life.”

“I started going everywhere. I started looking for medication, reading about herbs and studying everything about what it means to take care of an SS child.”

“I started understanding that they can’t stay where there is dust or where there is heat. My son never drank pure water.”

“I’m grateful that God gave me the opportunity to be a mother. The joy of having nurtured a child for 16 years, six months and 22 days — those years were one of the most glorious years of my life.”

“I’m grateful to God for making me a mother, and I learnt so much in the course of taking care of him. It deepened my relationship with God.”