Blue-Eyed Breather

If you've been paying attention to any of the news websites lately (CNN, Yahoo, etc), you may have seen a story about Sarah Murnaghan, a ten-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis who is fighting for her life. The story is very controversial because, well...I'll just let you read the article posted by CNN. The link is below: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/27/health/pennsylvania-girl-lungs/index.html Instead of saying my opinion on the matter, I decided to let Nathan Lawrenson do the talking. Nathan is the husband of a woman with CF who has undergone two double-lung transplants. Needless to say, they are quite familiar with the system of organ donation. I encourage you to dive into his thoughts and discover for yourself what you believe about organ donation. After reading the CNN article and the response by Nathan, please pray for Sarah and her family. Pray for a miracle. Pray for healing. Pray that God's will be done in this situation. " Here are a ...

I receive the CF Roundtable , a newsletter put on by CF adults, for CF adults. The newsletter is quarterly and always has a specific "focus" topic that most, if not all, the articles relate to. Some of the articles in the CF Roundtable  have no interest to me whatsoever--for instance, I hardly ever read the insurance section because frankly, it goes over my head right now. I cannot always relate to the focus topics, either, because the newsletter is for CF adults of ALL ages, not just adults in their 20s. Now, I'm not complaining about that. In fact, I think it's wonderful that I cannot relate to everything the newsletter prints. That means that CF patients are living longer and having more problems related to age, not just related to CF! I can also learn a lot about growing older with CF by reading the wise words of my fellow CFers, even if I cannot relate to their stories at the present time. This fall's newsletter focuses on lung transplant. I am nowhere ne...