
Against All Odds
Against All Odds: Sickle Cell Patient Survives Through Life-Saving Measures. Charon Simmons is an extraordinary young man who has beaten the odds---not once, but all his life. No battle was more important, however, than the life-threatening shut-down his body endured last September---and his subsequent dramatic recovery. Twenty-three year-old Charon was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia when he was five years old by doctors at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital (FVRH). His mot