My Great Strides Story
Alexa Goppold
Fundraising for Charlotte Great Strides
Alexa Goppold
There is currently no cure for cystic fibrosis and too many people with CF die young. I'm walking to help change that reality, for my 4 year old daughter, Violet, and every person battling this disease.
CF is a genetic, life-shortening disease that devastates the lungs, pancreas, and other vital organs. CF makes it difficult to breathe and fight life-threatening infections, often leading to extensive lung damage and respiratory failure.
Every person born with cystic fibrosis is on a unique journey and experiences this challenging disease differently. It is often considered an invisible disease (to those who don't live with it), and while people with CF may look healthy and okay on the outside, the hours of treatments, medicines, and precautions taken every day to minimize disease progression is a daily battle no one sees. The struggle to breath normally, the exhaustion from simple tasks most take for granted, the life threatening fear of bacteria and illness that can cause irreversible damage...these are all things Violet lives with, we live with, and all families affected by CF live with.
CF is a genetic, life-shortening disease that devastates the lungs, pancreas, and other vital organs. CF makes it difficult to breathe and fight life-threatening infections, often leading to extensive lung damage and respiratory failure.
Every person born with cystic fibrosis is on a unique journey and experiences this challenging disease differently. It is often considered an invisible disease (to those who don't live with it), and while people with CF may look healthy and okay on the outside, the hours of treatments, medicines, and precautions taken every day to minimize disease progression is a daily battle no one sees. The struggle to breath normally, the exhaustion from simple tasks most take for granted, the life threatening fear of bacteria and illness that can cause irreversible damage...these are all things Violet lives with, we live with, and all families affected by CF live with.
While progress has been made, a long road lies ahead for far too many people fighting this terrible disease. We need a cure so that everyone with CF has a better chance to live a long, healthy life.
Will you help us end cystic fibrosis?
By donating to my fundraising goal, you have the power to advance the research and science needed to drive our shared dream forward - a cure for everyone with CF.
Will you help us end cystic fibrosis?
By donating to my fundraising goal, you have the power to advance the research and science needed to drive our shared dream forward - a cure for everyone with CF.
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