Blue-Eyed Breather

Have you ever felt like your world is just falling apart? You don't know where God is, what's going on, or how to take the next step forward. You feel like your whole life is spiraling downward before your very eyes, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Maybe the cause of your feelings is an illness. Maybe it's from a broken relationship with a trusted friend, significant other, or parent. Maybe you lost a job, or the fear of the future is consuming you. Am I striking any chords with anyone yet? I know I've experienced this feeling of helplessness and worry before. Honestly, who hasn't? (Side note--if you say you've never had any monumental troubles in your life, I'm pretty sure you're lying to yourself). Life is hard! When I'm at a low point in my life and feel suffocated by my circumstances, I can't help but cry out to the Lord. (Actually, I know I need God ALWAYS.) Psalm 23 says that He "restores my soul". I love that pict...

"Time flies when you're having fun." "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." -Mother Teresa "We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.”  "Time is an illusion." -Albert Einstein “How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?” -Dr. Seuss "Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." -Matthew 6:34 If you can't tell, I've been a bit preoccupied lately. Between school work, essays, tests, Sigma Phi Lambda, spending time growing in the Lord, going to church, fellowshipping with my wonderfully amazing friends, and fitting in sleep, breathing treatments, time to fix pills and port acces...

If you have kept up with CF research in the past couple of months, you know it has taken us on an emotional roller coaster. With the development of Kalydeco, a drug used to counteract the effects of Cystic Fibrosis in patients with a specific mutation, much hope has been bestowed on the CF community. Currently, clinical trials are being done with a combination of medicines to treat the cause of CF in patients with the most common mutation. Well, the FDA has recently asked Vertex Pharmaceutical Company (the company that makes Kalydeco) to conduct a study to check for possible additional risks to taking the medicine. In a lab study, juvenile rats treated with Kalydeco developed cataracts. Although this problem did not occur in humans during their studies, the FDA is requesting further testing to be done. Right now, it is still recommended that patients using Kalydeco continue with their medical regimen until further data and information is provided. Click on  this link  to see...