Tye Tribbett made one little boy's dreams come true when he spent a day with him and his family as the gospel superstar supported the Make-A-Wish Foundation this past holiday weekend.
The Grammy-nominated and Stella Award-winning artist traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, on behalf of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, to visit Kentrell Johnson, 10, who suffers from sickle-cell anemia. Young Kentrell Johnson made a wish to talk, sing and dance with Tye Tribbett, who's his role model.
In the photos seen above, Tribbett and Johnson shared some one-on-one time together and shared some snapshots with Johnson's family.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is described as follows:
Make-A-Wish grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition in the United States and its territories, on average, every 38 minutes. We believe that a wish experience can be a game-changer. This one belief guides us. It inspires us to grant wishes that change the lives of the kids we serve.
The illness that Johnson suffers from, sickle-cell anemia, can be painful and deadly, as there is currently no cure for the disease.
According to the Mayo Clinic, sickle-cell anemia is described as:
an inherited form of anemia — a condition in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen throughout your body.
Normally, your red blood cells are flexible and round, moving easily through your blood vessels. In sickle cell anemia, the red blood cells become rigid and sticky and are shaped like sickles or crescent moons. These irregularly shaped cells can get stuck in small blood vessels, which can slow or block blood flow and oxygen to parts of the body.
There's no cure for most people with sickle cell anemia. However, treatments can relieve pain and help prevent further problems associated with sickle cell anemia.
