This July, we’re lacing up our sneakers and heading to Coors Field — not for a ballgame, but for the CF Climb, where we’ll be racing up the stadium stairs for something way bigger than a finish line.

We're climbing for our incredible 9-year-old cousin-niece, Vivian, who lives every single day with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease that makes it hard to breathe and digest food. Even with incredible advances in treatment — like the life-changing drug TRIKAFTA — CF still demands a strict and exhausting daily routine for Vivi:
 

• Morning and evening sessions with a percussion vest to shake mucus from her lungs
• A nebulizer to open airways
• Enzyme pills (aka “beads”) every time she eats, just to help her digest fats
• And even with all of that, she’s still at risk for lung infections, hospital stays, and more

We’ve seen firsthand how tough it is — but also how incredibly strong she is. And while Vivi continues to take amazing care of her health (and her cat, Kiwi) we’re doing what we can to support the research and breakthroughs that make her life better.

Last year, Kurt killed it on the stairs, but we will still have our friendly competition between me and Kurt (aka “Funcle” Kurt, aka “My mom’s cousin’s husband” — Vivi’s fave!). But the reason we're doing it hasn’t changed: we climb because she climbs, every day, without a choice. We climb so one day she won’t have to.

Thank you in advance for your support to this incredible cause!

XO!
Katie