and that drug is called hydroxy areia, it's life-saving as far as identifying that if patients are started on hydroxy erenia, they can actually have an improved life span. actually live longer. we no longer say that you only have up until age inside our mother's womb, were ut that hemoglobin usually shuts down to maybe undetectable levels or maybe 1% to 2% at the time they were born. hydroxy arria actually keeps the hemoglobin levels up to help with avoiding sickle crises. >> did you take that drug? before the bone marrow transplant? >> i did, and we found that it was very helpful. however, my platelet count began to drop, which is one, could be one of the side effects of the drug. so as a precaution, i had to be taken off of the hydroxy arria and we found out when that happened that my pain crisis increased. so the drug is effective. >> all right. got to take another break. we'll continue our talk about sickle-cell disease, right after this. here in vineland, new jersey where progresso light soups are made, we'll never give up our cheddar, our cream, and especially our bacon. so we figure