I was always isolated because if I got injured, my grandmother would reprimand my friends,” Kago says, recalling that this only led him to rebel against his family. However, I would go home with swollen ankles and lots of bruises that gave way to painful nights,” he says. The swellings were worse and would take ages to heal, little Kago was discouraged from playing with his peers. He has since found a way to live life fully with haemophilia, a condition he was diagnosed with when he was only one year old. I always had bruises that bled longer than usual and also took longer to heal,” says Kago.

Source: Standard Digital July 23, 2016 21:00 UTC