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Spending my Birthday in the Hospital?

A very important birthday of mine is coming up, and I will most likely have to spend it in the hospital. The only other time I have been in the hospital on my birthdays was my 7th birthday. I also got discharged that day, so it wasn't too bad, but if I spend this one in my birthday I will be here all day and all night. The other difference is the birthday when I ...

My Parents & Guilt

Sometimes I get this thought that I can't shake. I feel like the people who actually have CF have it easy. Yeah, CF sucks but I mean, I was born with it. I have had it my whole life, and it's not something I've had to get used to. It's just what I have known forever. What I am saying is, my parents lived their whole lives as normal people. They got up, got dressed, ...

Looks Can Be Deceiving

A lot of people say, "oh you look better today," and "but you don't look sick." No! Stop it! I can look fine, but not feel fine. I can look better one day, and feel completely worse. That's the problem with CF, you can look normal but feel close to death. I personally think that Eva Markvoort said it the best in her video titled "Nights Like These" when she was ...

Crazy Admission

So, I haven't really posted in a while, but some crazy stuff has been going on. Saturday morning I woke up and my lips were a little blue. The day before I had really been struggling to breathe and function. The blue lips were like the last straw, so I huffed and puffed my way to the ER. Apon arrival to the ER my dad went to park the car and I squatted down ...

Transplant

Transplant is a touchy subject for everyone involved. Families may not want bits and pieces of their loved one shipped off to who knows where. A dying person in need of an organ may not want to take one, even though most likely their entire family is wishing that they choose to live. The thing is, though, it's not choosing to live or die, it's choosing how you live ...