DISTORT

A happily married couple in their late fifties with two, out of three, SS children. They knew about their clashing AS genotypes beforehand but had hoped for the best, believing love surpassed all odds. Devastation befalls the family when the only AA child—28-year-old second born—is diagnosed with stage IV leukemia. How does the family, especially the parents, handle the demise of the healthiest family member? Who dies next? What happens to the two siblings suffering sickle-cell disease?