9-Year-Old Iraqi Girl Saved From Sickle Cell Disease by Children's Hospital

9-Year-Old Iraqi Girl Saved From Sickle Cell Disease by Children’s Hospital. The Al-Zoubaidi family had already lost three children to the disease so when their daughter began to fall victim to it as well, they made a desperate trip to the U.S. in search of doctors who could — and ultimately did — cure her entirely. As heartwarming stories go, this one’s pretty impossible to beat. [Thriving]