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Daily routine for a CF child - Submitted by Shane Moerdyk (CF Parent)

• Wake up in the morning and take 6-7 different medications.
• Do some physical therapy for 1/2 hour to loosen the mucus in the lungs.
• Take some more medicine to be able to digest and secrete nutrients out of any food eaten (taken with every type of food eaten during the day).
• Do more physical therapy in the evening with more drugs to try to loosen the mucus in the lungs again.
• Be on constant look out for any opportunities to avoid contamination issues that will lead to lung infections and hospitalization.

In the News:

• Father son duo hunts for cure for cystic fibrosis - Reprint from the Lowell Ledger - Click Here
• Recent CNN article on treatment of Cystic Fibrosis - Click Here
• Median Survival Age for People with CF Rises to 36.8 Years - Click Here

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