"Do not bring your corpse-like children into our family." My sister-in-law's harsh words pierced the air as I sat in the hospital, cradling my two children.

Her cruel remark struck deeper than any physical wound.

I wasn't just hurt; I was shattered, overwhelmed with the painful knowledge that I never asked for my children to be sick.

Jeniffer Adhiambo Ayara, a 27-year-old mother from Ahero, Kisumu County, is a woman caught in the relentless storm of parenting two young children, both living with sickle cell anemia.