Has anyone every experienced severe muscle spasms. My dauhgter is 15 and the last 8 months have been horrible for her. Lately, her crisis have changed and she screams out saying that she has this sharp pain that runs from the top of her head to her ankles. She is taking morphine and everything and nothing helps the sharp pains. She was admitted in the hospital several times for this type of crisis. She was on a dilutted pump and she still would get the sharp pains. I just wanted to know if… Continue

I have a 15 year old daughter who has sickle cell. When I see her in so much pain I feel so helpless. She was diagnosed at birth, so it's been a long 15 years(worth it). She was doing really good up until about 2 years ago. She would have minor pain crises and alot of fevers(enemy) but nothing to major. In the last two years she has had severe pain. She went from taking Advilt to control the pain to now she is taking dilloted through the IV and she is still in pain. For all the mothers out… Continue