Oliver’s medical journey began almost immediately after he entered the world.

At just two days old, he developed a common cystic fibrosis complication called meconium ileus, which led to a bowel perforation, emergency surgery, and a NICU stay that lasted more than a month.
 

During those early weeks, we learned an entirely new language filled with medical terms, procedures, specialists, and uncertainty. Since then, cystic fibrosis has become part of our daily routine. It means enzymes with every meal and snack because Oliver’s pancreas cannot properly digest food on its own. It means breathing treatments to help keep his lungs healthy.

It means constant appointments, medications, blood draws, and particular attention to things most families never have to think about.

But it also means something else: grit and gratitude. Today and throughout this whole journey, Oliver has been an energetic and joyful little boy who loves to play, explore, laugh, and keep us on our toes. Most people who meet him would never guess everything he has already overcome.
 

One of the most remarkable milestones in his journey came when he became eligible for Trikafta around his second birthday. For families like ours, medications such as Trikafta represent something previous generations of people with cystic fibrosis could only dream about: treatments that address the underlying cause of the disease rather than simply managing its symptoms. The timing felt almost unbelievable. Oliver turned two the same year the FDA expanded approval to include children his age, and we are grateful every day that he has access to this life-changing medication.
 

The treatments helping Oliver today exist because families, researchers, clinicians, donors, and advocates invested their time, resources, and hope years before he was born.

These efforts changed the course of his life.
 

Every dollar raised helps support the research, care, and innovation that give children like Oliver the opportunity to live longer, healthier lives. We are deeply grateful for your support and for everyone working toward a future where no family has to face cystic fibrosis.
 

Thank you for being part of Oliver’s story!