Jasmine's Place Issue No. 15 - February 2015 | Page 22

Hospital in Colorado . They explained CF in detail and what it would mean for our family going forward .
CF is a disease that makes the mucus throughout the entire body extremely thick , which blocks and disables many other body functions . Brandon does not absorb food properly . The medical forecast is that Brandon will be sterile , that he will continue to get lung infections , which will become progressively worse - that he will require more and more medicines , and eventually the antibiotics will change from pills to IV , and he will have many hospital stays . His estimated life span is much shorter with CF .
It ’ s so much to bear . I ’ m not even sure we ’ ve completely accepted it . There ’ s always an ache inside riding by happiness ’ side .
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