8/8/2013

Since Rebecca died I follow quite a few blogs of people with CF. If ever I thought about relaxing my fund raising, reading these would make me realise why I still do it even though my lovely lady isn't here to reap the benefit of a cure.

With this in mind I want to tell you about a young lady who is desperately ill at the moment.

Kirstie featured in a documentary two years ago - Love on the transplant list which was about her awaiting her transplant and getting married. She was very close to dying when she got her new lungs but she pulled through and after a tough recovery she got a second chance at life, I think she was 21 at the time.

Sadly after just over 2 years since her transplant Kirstie's new lung have gone into chronic rejection and she has just been told she needs another transplant. After initially being told she couldn't be re-listed, she has now been told she can. She is so poorly that she needs to get new lungs in a matter of weeks or she will be too ill to have them. She is now 23 and in her short life she has faced death twice in the a matter of two years.

This is the reason CF has to be cured, we know what it's like to watch your child die from this illness and it must be horrific for Kirstie and her family.
Please have a read at her blog she is one very brave young lady.

http://kirstie-2ndchanceatlife.blogspot.com/

I've added a few more bits to the pages, so have a read and please pass it on and help raise awareness.
Tara for now Sue x