Five-year-old Tobi Okunseinde has a lot to thank his little brother Kwasi for.
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A New Jersey boy was cured of sickle cell anemia thanks to a medical breakthrough. Five-year-old Tobi Okunseinde from Haworth has a lot to thank his little brother Kwasi for. 'He definitely changed his life. He definitely saved his life,' said Folu Okunseinde, the boys' father. Tobi wasn't even one when his parents found out he had sickle cell anemia. It's generally known as incurable.
'Going to kindergarten as just a 'regular kid' has just been the most fantastic experience,' said Okunseinde. 'Forty percent of patients who have sickle cell have available donors for transplant,' said Dr. Stacey Rifkin-Zenenberg, a pediatric hematologist and oncologist at Hackensack Meridian Health's Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital.Rifkin-Zenenberg oversaw the transplant, which is most effective for sickle cell patients under 16.
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