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Seahawks wide receiver makes play against sickle cell: Engram raises awareness, money - Seattle P-I
... "The confusion turned into anger, then turned into a fact-finding mission," said Engram, a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. "The only thing I knew about sickle cell was it was painful."
To help raise awareness and money for research, Engram created the Walk for Sickle Cell Disease ...
"I was dealing with my daughter, but I saw other people in the trenches and wanted to know how I could use what I know and what I have to help," Engram said.
In sickle cell disease, the protein that carries oxygen in the blood changes into sickle-like shapes that clog blood vessels and block blood flow. Patients suffer from severe pain episodes that can last for days. The disease can also cause anemia, organ failure, infections and sometimes death.
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Though her pain episodes have become less frequent as she gets older, Engram still has his "Bobbi Kit" of heat packs, salts and massage oils to help her endure the pain. He describes her ordeal like a painful full-body muscle cramp that lasts for days. ...

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