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Photos: Tayla's victory
After a lifetime of sacrifice, a devoted sister achieves a hard-earned goal. Tayla Washington’s sister, Aaron, was born with sickle cell disease in 1994 and had been in and out of hospitals and on drawers full of medications her whole life. She’d had respiratory problems since age 5, countless transfusions as a child, and by the time she was 11, three strokes.They were debilitating, caused brain damage and could even kill her. There was one chance to save her. It came with a price.

























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In this Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006 photo, a 12-year-old Aaron gets help with a homework assignment from big sister Tayla, 15. Aaron's assignment for school was to draw a picture of her house and Tayla was assisting Aaron. (ANDY SHARP/AJC staff)
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