Teen athlete won’t let rare blood disorder keep him off the playing field

The UCLA Health patient was diagnosed with a platelet condition that puts him at high risk of bruising and bleeding
"Sei Nagashima was an ebullient 4-year-old enjoying his first day of preschool in Porter Ranch when a plastic swing hit him lightly on his left eye. By the time his parents arrived to pick him up, the scratch had become a bruise that soon blossomed into a black eye."

- From uclahealth.org. Written by Martha Groves. Photo courtesy of Taku Nagashima.

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