Tammy Todd
Adelina is my three-year-old granddaughter who spent the first two and a half months of her life in the NICU at Primary Children’s Hospital, where she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. During her first year, she relied on a feeding tube, and today she continues to undergo daily treatments, including a 30-minute nebulizer session and oscillating vest therapy to help clear her airways. She also takes pancreatic enzymes, vitamins, and a CFTR modulator to support her health.
These life-sustaining treatments exist thanks to ongoing research, with millions of dollars invested each year by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
I’m walking to help find a cure for Adelina and for everyone affected by cystic fibrosis. Whether she’s chasing bubbles or talking with her grandpa on her phone, Addy brings joy to every space she enters, filling it with love and laughter.
There is currently no cure for cystic fibrosis and too many people with CF die young. I’m walking to help change that reality.
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. 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.
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