Anuoluwapo Olufowose is a graduate of Early Childhood Education and Care from the University of Ilorin. She is currently a member of the National Youth Service Corps serving as a teacher in Lagos State. The 22-year-old spoke to THE WHISTLER about her Sickle Cell challenges and her strategy for survival.
Being a sickle cell patient in general for me has become a norm. I have crisis once or twice every month. It is something that I am very much accustomed to. I have known of its tricks and it does not take me by surprise anymore. It has become a part and parcel of my life.