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Anna H.

Age: 16
What's Next:Volunteer at orphanage in Africa
Favorite Activity: Participate in youth group
Future Thought:I think that someday I would like to go to another country and maybe be a missionary.

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I am Anna - 16.

When I was younger I just assumed that because I had CF other people wouldn't like me, and I didn't have very many friends. I was also really shy then too. So I was always feeling like I was the one no one wanted to be around.

When I moved I wanted to make friends so I tried to talk to people more.

I tell people that it's like a lung disease and it makes it so I cough sometimes and can't always breathe really well and that I have to take medicine before I eat so I can digest my food and I leave it at that.

I tell them that it's not that big of a deal, I'm just used to it.

At my church I just know that there are people I can talk to about whatever I need to and they'll listen and try to help me. And it's really nice to have people like that, and it's good to know that I can count on them and have someone help me if I need it.

I like getting involved in community service stuff and helping other people because it makes me feel good and I know that they're getting help too.

I've helped serve food to people... to homeless people downtown before and that was really fun. This summer I went on a mission trip with my youth group and we put on a meal for some homeless people and made the invitations and had like table cloths and everything and made it really nice and then we talked with them and it was really interesting. The goal was to sort of show them that we actually care and were not just giving them food and getting them out.

It's really cool to interact with the people because then they have someone they feel they can talk to and they tell you lots of stories because they don't always get to talk to people. And it makes me feel good to be able to socialize with them like that and I also learn about how hard it is to be in their position. I think that's good to because we don't always see that side of our society.

I think it helps them to interact with people because they don't get a chance to talk to people about their problems all the time. So I think it helps them to get to talk to other people about that and then they get a chance to express that and have someone feel sympathy for them and they get to feel like someone else cares about them.

Reflection and writing in my journal and praying helps me to sort out in my life what I want to focus on and what I think about. It helps me get out some of things I am thinking about too if I am frustrated about something or anything.

Sometimes I climb my tree in my backyard and I just... and I can just think about stuff there too and pray.

My church for several years has been getting involved in Africa and has sent missionaries over there. And so then I thought that I would really like to do that sometime so I started saving money to maybe go there someday. I think that would be really cool.

I don't think CF is going to affect what I --- choose to do in the future.

I just love doing service work because... I know I am really helping people, helping them to improve their lives and that it will make a huge difference to them. And I really like being able to help people like that and to learn that everyone's life isn't as nice as mine is. So I can get outside of myself and help other people to feel better. I think that when I am serving other people I am learning to sort of be humble and not always try to be better than others. And to love everyone even if they've done some things wrong in their life or whatever their circumstances might be that I need to just love everyone wherever they are in their life.

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Katie

Age: 19
What's Next: Finish college with pre-vet or pre-med focus
Favorite Activity: Volunteering in ER at the hospital
Future Thought: I think it's important for people to have pride, for people to go out there and be like "I have cystic fibrosis but I can do this."

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Hi my name is Katie and I am 19 years old.

I believe that CF has made me a much stronger person. And a better person a person I want to be. Going through hardships always makes people stronger it makes them see what's important and it makes them look to the futures. I've always found my future really important, trying hard in school, doing activities, doing all that I can has been really important to me. Because I feel like I am lucky for the lungs I have and the time I have given and it's really important for me to try my best.

I am actually doing really well. I'm in college right now, which I'm really happy I am able to do. I know a lot of people aren't able to because of their lung condition but I am really happy that I am actually able to so my lungs are doing great. The doctors have been telling me that I am doing great and I have been trying to take care of myself so I can continue to go to school.

My biggest fear in starting college was that I would get sick and have to drop out.

It's sometimes really hard because I feel like a lot of the other kids just have their basic college stuff to do. And having cystic fibrosis is another thing on my plate. I have to make sure I am doing lung clearance, having to make sure I am staying healthy, I'm eating enough, I'm sleeping enough, I'm taking my medications and above all if I get sick which I often do I get little colds and I'm not feeling well I have to be able to push through. I have to be able to still take my test, do my homework. So it is another thing on my plate but everyone has little things that they have to work through so it's just mine

My mother is in the medical field or in the health field so she kind of understands a lot of the times what I am going through because she's seen other kids with issues and I feel like that's really important to me to have someone that really understands me and can encourage me from that. My parents have always been really encouraging really always there for me, telling I can do it, pushing me. Letting me make my own decisions but at the same time telling me I can do it, and I need to work hard, I need to be able to get there because I can. Just their encouragement and support really makes me feel like I can do it and has really encouraged me to go to college, to set high goals and feel like I can actually accomplish them even though I have a condition that sometimes limits me.

I want to go into some kind of medical field either pre vet or pre med. Not quite sure but I am a biology major and I believe that's where I want to be were I can help someone. Whether it's some like animals or whether it's people I think that's its really important. I think my CF has really given me that. So if I try hard then I feel like I can get it to that point were I can give back and can help people make the world better. Because my cystic fibrosis has caused me to look towards the future look kind of more broadly not just at myself, because I see other people and I realize that if I just do things for myself than that's really not a meaningful life...

... ... . I have been volunteering at Children's. It's really kind of prepared me to see what kind of things I want to do when I am older and its really opened my eyes to other kids in other situations. I've seen other kids worse off than me. Some kids are really sick and it makes me really realize how much it's important to help other people and how much as humans it's important to see other people and help them.

I really enjoy talking to people so if I am able to go in and talk to a patient, talk to a patient's family and make them feel a little bit more comfortable, it's really important to me. I've been in the hospital in the past so I know kind of... I know how my parents felt. Like kind of scared, kind of uncertain and just to be able to kind of understand that and be able to talk to them and hopefully make them feel better about it is really important to me.

I think that overall I am a fairly optimistic person. I feel like I kind of have to be if you have a condition that can sometimes get you down. I feel like that I can still smile and I can still do my best and I think that hopefully that really encourages people around me. Makes them realize kind of the good things they have in their life and kind of the importance of working hard and really doing your best. Because some people see people that like have condition have certain things that are going on and say, "If they can do that then I can do that. If they can go through this I can get through what's going on in my life."

Definitely cystic fibrosis. I think it's important to realize how it can affect you positively. It really makes you see what's important and it makes you realize that...there's goals in your life that you need to accomplish because you're lucky to have the time you have. I would really like to encourage the people with cystic fibrosis because it's hard but you can get through, you can have a good productive life. A life that you are happy with, you can follow your dreams, you can do something that you want to do. I think it's important for people to have pride. For people to go out there and be like "I have cystic fibrosis but I can do this." To let people know and not be ashamed to have it. It's sometimes hard to tell people, but just not being ashamed and just using that as kind of your reason to go on your reason to work hard and do what you want to do in life.

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Summer

Age: 16
What's Next:Go to college to study Zoology
Favorite Activity: Drawing and sketching
Future Thought: I would like to have a family someday, kids, a husband, a nice job, and a nice house. I don't know when it will happen or where, but that's what I am hoping for someday.

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My name is Summer, I am 16 years old I go to a great art school, I like arts, dance tap and modern, I like going shooting with my dad and I like riding the motorcycle.

I know that the day I came home from the hospital the next night I went back because I wasn't eating and they did some tests and when I was 10 days old they found that I had cystic fibrosis and I have been taking medication and doing all my stuff since then so...

I have to work harder I can't just be like "Oh whatever" you know so I can't be influenced by drugs or anything like that yeah... I just have to try harder than the average teenager.

Usually people when I tell them they don't even know they're like "Oh really you have CF I never even knew, wow."

Sometimes they don't know what it is so they ask me what it is, how it affects me, what I can or can't do or just average questions like that.

I say cystic fibrosis is a disease that affects the organs, lungs, stomach, and pancreas, kind of depending on the person. For me it affects my pancreas and my lungs. I bring up that I get sputum in my lungs, and stuff that I can or can't do, I can't smoke, I have to make sure I do my medication and...

I don't think everyone gets what it means but I think if you explain it well and they ask questions about it, then I think they will get it.

I'm asking doctors and nurses about my transition from the hospital I go to now, about the adult hospital for CF care. And uh just asking questions about how they do things or...

what the age is when I have to go to the adult hospital.

I am kind of sad that I will be leaving the doctors and nurses that I have now because I am really good friends with them. I've known them for 8-9 years maybe 10 and I have become really good friends with them and I will be going to a new hospital, new doctors, I won't really know anyone, I'm sure they will be nice but you know its just different and a little scary so....

I will probably look up colleges that I want to go to and then look up different hospitals that take CF patients and find out if there is a college next to one or you know in the same city or state. You know just look at that, so that way I know which ones I have to choose from so that way I can still take care of my medical needs.

If I move out my parents', well hopefully I will be close to them so they can give me advice on insurance or like paying bills because...

I am going to go straight into college after high school so that way I will be on my Dad's insurance for longer.

I've brought up the insurance several times 'cause I am a little worried if I don't have insurance I won't be able to pay for any of my medication.

They'll probably you know be like "Ok well this is a good insurance and this one is, but you know this one has some things you don't need, or it doesn't have all the things you need" and they'll just help me with picking insurance out for me to actually get the insurance and they'll probably help me fill out the papers.

Eventually when I go into college, I want to do a job with animals and I could do that with CF and it doesn't hinder me so that I can't do it. So I could do anything I want to when I grow up.

For a while I was thinking about becoming a Zoologist but I am not too sure right now but I want to do something with science and animals maybe like drawing animals or photographing animals on the side.

I am pretty good at arts. I think that my specialties are dragons, horses, dogs, birds... I am pretty good at landscapes, I am not good at people... don't ask me to do a person hahaha.

I go hiking with my Mom and stuff so I want to go Africa or Asia or maybe Europe and maybe see where the animals come from and learn about the things they do everyday. Their usual things like hunting or sleeping or just their habits and I just would love to do that.

People with CF they're living longer because they are getting better understanding it, getting different techniques and medications that could help it more.

The medical advances with CF make me very happy because that means I probably can get married when I get older, I could have kids, I could have a nice house with lots of trees and you know have them live for a very long time and I can enjoy that time with them.

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Matt

Age: 13
What's Next:Get ready to enter high school
Favorite Activity: Playing basketball with friends
Future Thought: I have wanted to be in the NBA since I was really little. Travis Outlaw has lung disease and he still made it into the NBA so if he has a lung disease then he makes it into the NBA I think I could get into the NBA if I have a lung disease.

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Hey, I'm Matt I am 13 years old, I like to play basketball and I like to be really active, play with my dog and my friends and ride skateboards and ride my bike and shoot some hoops and play football... So I really like to be active that's what I like to do a lot.

I don't think there are ways that it makes me special but...

Yeah, I think CF makes me different from other kids...

because they don't get winded as easy and they uh don't get stomach aches every time they don't take pills.

I have to take enzymes and extra vitamins when I have CF because it will help keep me healthy and...

Eating well affects my lungs, because nutritional health for CF people is lung health so it affects your lungs.

I am responsible for my enzymes and my nebulizer, and my inhaler but sometimes my parents have to remind me to take them.

I feel different when I miss treatments. I get winded easily and I start coughing more.

I complete my treatments if I don't feel sick.

Ever since grade school I have been growing up with the same group of friends but now I am in middle school and...

this year I'm dealing with basically just people asking me a whole bunch of questions about my disease.

Having CF in school is a little... is like kind of hard because there is a lot of people that don't know what cystic fibrosis is, and you have to explain it to them.

I tell them that they don't have to be worried about getting CF because it's genetic and you have to be born with it. 'Cause some kids I meet like for the first time and they think it's contagious so that I have to explain it to them.

My friends help me out because they participate in Great Strides, they raise a lot of money they have their own team in Great Strides.

My Mom and Dad like since they brought Great Strides to our area and we raised a lot of money and they're are helping me with my treatments and making sure I take them and making sure I am healthy.

I like Great Strides because I get to hang to hang out with my friends a lot and you just get to walk and...

it's pretty fun walking with them because we like sometimes sneak cans of pop in our coat and just like hanging out walking the trail and talking.

The benefit probably for the walk is meeting other people who have to deal with cystic fibrosis and learning what their experiences are with it... like with their family having CF so it's good.

I think its important to educate people about CF because then there will be more people raising funds until they find a cure and there will be a lot more people helping.

My absolute favorite sport to do with my friends is play basketball cause it's fun you get to run around shoot some hoops so it's pretty fun.

I think exercise is important because it will help my lungs 'cause I am running around and it's working my lungs and it makes me healthier.

To play in the NBA that is my biggest dream. I have wanted to play in the NBA since I was like really little.

It's like a big rush you know everyone cheering for you and big crowd like millions of people just watching you play basketball.

I am going to work hard, never quit basketball and get good grades.

I'm just gonna every time I like start to forget "I am going to be like ok now I'm going to take my treatments cause I won't be healthy." Then I won't be able to run, play basketball.

My family is probably going to help me reach that goal by making sure I stay focused in class, help me get good grades, encouraging me playing basketball and stuff, keeping with it.

I don't think my CF will make it harder for me to get in the NBA because Travis Outlaw who plays on the Portland Trailblazers he has lung disease and he still made it into the NBA so if he has a lung disease then he makes it into the NBA I think I could get into the NBA if I have a lung disease.

I would say keep doing your treatments keep taking your medications and stick with your dream don't let anyone make fun of you just don't listen to them 'cause you are unique and it doesn't matter.

Follow your dreams don't get down because you have CF just keep with it whatever you are doing.

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Taylor

Age: 17
What's Next:Double-major in music and business
Favorite Activity: Playing guitar
Future Thought: How I can impact the world and how me sharing my story with people can change the world and maybe eventually someday find a cure for CF.

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My name is Taylor... I'm 17 years... I'm almost 17 years old and I live a really busy life style... I sing in the choir at school and I play guitar for my church.

To me what it means to have CF is living my life to like the best I can live it because I have to take care of myself so basically like I control how good my life is.

It feels like I can get a lot more responsibility put on myself because I have to take care of myself and do all my treatments when I have to and if I don't, I pay the consequences.

I find it really easy to talk to people about it just because that's how I feel God has told me to live my life I guess... It's like he gave it to me for a reason.

A lot of people don't really know I have CF even. People ... if you look at me you wouldn't be able to tell that I have CF. Like when I tell people that I have it they're like "nun uh your lying" or whatever and so...

I tell them about how I didn't know I had CF until I was 12.... and... before that time when I was... during the spring of 6th grade I developed a really bad cough that wouldn't go away and I was being treated for asthma and I was on all these asthma medications and the cough still wasn't going away. We got rid of all our pets and I was still having this cough and then ...*cough*... the doctor looked at my fingernails and I didn't really know what was happening. And then I went and had a sweat test and it came back positive for CF.

I think they understand that it like changes my life but I don't think they really understand like what I actually have to do and how much I actually put into keeping myself healthy.

Every morning I have to wake up and I have to do my vest therapy, which is a big vest that inflates with air and then it shakes to loosen up all the mucus that I get in my lungs. Then I also have to... I inhale saline through a nebulizer to loosen up the mucus and get it out easier and then I do the same thing at night. And I take enzymes for whatever I eat to help with the digestion and then I take antibiotics to keep infection down and stuff.

I think it is important to do the treatments even when I am not sick because it keeps me from getting sick.

My last few doctors appointments, I think the last two, I've taken myself over there and...

I think that it's important to spend time alone with doctors 'cause last time I went and got a physical, of course my mom left the room, and I talked with my doctor. Like he talked to me about drugs and alcohol and all that stuff and what kind of affect it can have on your body. And...

I know that for a fact that I can't afford to do drugs or drink or anything just cause if I smoke than that will get into my lungs and lungs is one of the biggest things about CF that can damage people for life so I know that I can't afford to ruin my lungs just to get this good feeling and then...*cough*.... I can't afford to drink ...*cough*... because the liver and someone with uh someone with CF which is what filters the blood and all the alcohol out the liver is uh a lot like smaller in a lot people with CF so I don't want to risk uh ruining that either.

Some of my favorite activities are I really like playing guitar and playing with my friends outside playing football with my friends, I really like jumping on my trampoline and...

My family participates in a lot of CF fundraisers. I personally have... I have spoken at golf tournaments to raise money for CF and I've spoken at auctions to raise money.

It's important for people to hear about my story cause when people are at these auctions they're donating money and such... I think it's better for them to hear a story about someone whose life is being affected by CF, and whose money is being given to help better that person's life.

It's great that I'm you know, helping myself and uh just helping better my own life but bettering other peoples lives also, like other people with CF really makes me feel great about talking about it.

After high school I'm really looking forward to going to college, I'm... I plan on double majoring in music and business.

I plan on getting married after college and... living a life with kids and a house.

Knowing that I will probably live longer with CF because life expectancy goes up every year, I've just have been thinking a lot more about living to retirement and all that stuff.

I am beginning to think about how I can impact the world and how me sharing my story with people can change the world and maybe eventually someday find a cure for CF.

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PJ

Age: 17
What's Next:Major in business law in college
Favorite Activity:Fishing with dad and friends
Future Thought: I don't think CF should affect my career choices at all long term. It's probably not going to affect how I come out of school either so I don't think that it should be a problem to reach my career goals.

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I'm PJ and I'm 17 years old, some of my favorite things to do are hang out with my friends, and go watch movies, on the weekends. I enjoy going camping and fishing and dirt bike riding with my parents and I just like to have fun and be outdoors a lot.

CF to me is.... its something I live with it's... you know it's not a burden at all you know. I have CF I tell all my friends they know its just part of who I am and I don't try to act like it's making me special or anything. I am just another guy just living.

No nobody has ever treated me any different in my life because I've had CF. I've had people be surprised at some things that I do because I have CF, but it hasn't changed the way anyone has looked at me.

If they ask usually I come right out with it and say "oh I have CF this is what it's all about."

They kind of take it as "oh you have a disease but you know you still do all this stuff. You're still you know." So they're really surprised how well I do different things in athletics and other things.

Nutrition is probably the biggest part of my life. Throughout my whole life that has helped me be where I am right now with CF. Ever since I was younger my Dad he always encouraged me a lot 'cause you know that's one of the biggest things. I enjoy eating and it's not a problem for me. I eat all different food groups, meat, rice you know all starches, vegetables and everything. Every night I have a high calorie milk shake protein drink... for extra calories and to help me gain weight.

I find it's hard to gain weight and I am small as it is and I have been trying to gain weight. So you gotta eat more. (removed part of sentence need b-roll) CF kids are generally smaller on the percentile range and I don't know, I don't mind eating a lot to maintain weight or gain weight so it's just how it is.

Oh I know I am short, I mean everyone knows I am short, my friends don't treat me differently just cause of my height or anything and

I'm perfectly comfortable with my body honestly.

The media I think plays off too much on directly like weight. I think there's too much being put on being really skinny and I will say even though that I am skinny, I mean I don't think that being skinny is a great thing and all. I actually don't feel like I'm skinny for my size.... some people tell me "You have skinny legs" but that's just how it is. But I don't feel like the media gives normal people that are somewhat.... they portray it as being overweight too quickly. Like if you're you know just, I don't know, middle-weight, or anything they portray that as meaning you're fat or your overweight. I think that's really wrong and it's kind of doing an injustice to people that actually do take care of their bodies and, you know work out. Even if they're you know a little heavier than the models we see or movie stars and stuff like that.

Having a healthy body to me is a body that is functioning at its, you know peak and you know you're not... you're not giving anything away. You're able to go to the maximum whenever you are trying to do anything, whenever you are riding, or if you're running, or if you are jogging or whatever.

Track, I focus on year round and just try to get better try to get quicker. Track and field is my favorite sport, my best sport. I guess you would say it's the one I excel at so, I have a lot of fun doing it.

I like track because it sculpts your body completely. It's upper body and lower body strength, it's everything.

I haven't been put in the position to be a direct role model to younger CF kids, but I definitely try to be a role model to kids in my school. And on the track team I am one of the Captains, so I have to be a role model and you know work hard and practice and be a good student in school. So I try to do the best I can to be a good influence on younger kids.

My favorite activity is probably fishing... it's I don't know... just to relax on weekends go out with my Dad or some of my other friends and just go fishing.

Ever since my Dad was young he has been into fishing and motorcycle riding and stuff and when I became probably around 10 years old he started to introduce me. Actually when I was a baby, I was in boats and fishing and stuff and ever since I was younger he introduced me to different things like biking and motorcycle riding. When I got a little older and I just feel in love with all that stuff to and it's just kind of... We do it together now and we love doing it so ... I've been really happy doing all this stuff with my Dad and my parents.

We go camping a lot my whole family is huge on camping so I might connect that with fishing or dirt bike and we all just camp together. We like to go play with the dog we take him to the park and swim him and stuff and he gets to retrieve that's a big thing, we love hanging out with the dog too.

Oh its great...god... me and my Dad we're super tight he is like my best friend. I don't know, I tell him a lot of stuff and we just have super fun just talking about doing things and we work on things together, we just work on bikes and go ride and fish and I don't know we joke and laugh. He's introduced me to a lot of different people that have been influential in my life some of his friends and different things so.... We have a really good relationship.

Just to get to go on camping trips every weekend and you know being fortunate enough to have different experiences is probably the biggest gift and them looking out for me a lot when I was younger when I wasn't able to.... I wasn't old enough to know to look out for myself because I had CF.

I wouldn't change anything they have done. I think they did a phenomenal job.

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Anna C.

Age: 15
What's Next:Upcoming FBLA tournament
Favorite Activity:Running for school's track team
Future Thought:I thought it would be kind of cool to get into a health job to reach out and teach people about cystic fibrosis or diabetes.

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Hi my name is Anna I'm 15 and I have CF and diabetes and...

I go to high school and I'm active in drama and FBLA and I play sports...

I guess it's just another part of my life everyday. I have CF and I've had it for a long time and so I just kind of have to deal with it, and it's hard but it doesn't hold me back at all.

For awhile I thought I was just like the weirdest kid ever and so that kind of got on my nerves but now I am kind of getting used to it and it's not as bad.

I'm a really healthy CF kid I guess that's where I am really lucky so it doesn't hold me back as much as it could so I have to stay on top of it.

I have a lot more responsibility now because I'm in high school so I'm pretty much on my own all day and so it's up to me to take my medication and do everything how it should be done so I have a lot more stuff to handle.

Usually like I have pre-filled little baggies and ...(*laughs*).... I have all my pills in there and then at school I can take them.

I used to have to go to the office everyday at lunch to take my pills but now this year they're letting me do it on my own which is really nice and...

so I just have to go there and check my blood pressure and take pills.

I eat salad and lots of kinds of vegetables and those are really low carbs so it's nice you don't have to take as much insulin and...

I used to always worry about the needles when I'd go into restaurants 'cause some people are really scared of them and I used to worry about that. But now I mean there's so many diabetics out there that people usually kind of understand what's going on.

Now I have a pump and so that's worked out really well and it's a lot easier and I don't have to take any injections anymore.

It puts insulin into me constantly and then whenever I eat I take more than the normal then I have to wear it all the time except for when I am showering and stuff like that... I get asked about it a lot so

Usually when people ask I just tell them it's my pump and that I am diabetic and that it's giving me insulin and then they're usually like how does it do that because it's kind of weird and so it's actually inside of me and I explain that and sometimes I show them depending on who they are ...(*laughs*)....

'Cause I mean some people I don't really want to show my whole stomach to! ...(*laughs*)....

I do track that's what I am doing right now and volleyball and so that's a lot of fun and...

I am trying to do the hurdles but we have nowhere to practice so it's kind of tough ...(*laughs*).... you can't really do the hurdles without practicing. I do the 100 and 200.

Last year after track I had the best lung function I had in a long time so that was really good 'cause I mean running really strengthens your lungs.

I really enjoy volleyball and I am really excited for next season and we are going to camp this summer and that will be fun.

I think overall I'm a pretty fun loving person, I like to have fun and I try not to let all this hold me back.

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Allison

Age: 15
What's Next:Upcoming Soccer Tournament
Favorite Activity:Soccer all the way
Future Thought:The more you do to help CF the more likely they'll find a cure. So you have to try and even though you have CF get your friends and family involved. Raise money and have it go for the research for CF and all kids with CF because of every penny counts.

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I'm Allison I'm 15 years old I have cystic fibrosis and I'm a freshman in high school. I play soccer yearly. I ski, I snowboard, I try to horseback ride when I get the chance, and I want to be hopefully a teacher when I'm older for about 4th or 3rd graders.

Everyone who knows me knows that I have cystic fibrosis and anyone who asks me asks me what it or why I have to take these pills I'm going to explain it to them because its part of my life.

I take lots of medicines to help the mucus in my lungs. I have my puffer...

and that is to help thin mucus in my lungs and I have a spray for my nose that helps the mucus up there, and then the nebulizer which is typical for.... usually kids take medicine through the nebulizer and it helps thin mucus but every child with CF or adult would could take different medicine with the nebulizer. So...

enzymes help digest my food and then the other pill that I take for my stomach does help so that way I don't get stomach aches.

My whole soccer team knows I have CF I mean they need to know like why I miss a couple practices or something if I got sick so its just something that everyone I hangout with knows that I have CF and it's gotten to the point where (need soccer b-roll of friends**) they even help remind me.

It's not like I can't do anything because of my CF. I don't like let it affect me like that. (b-roll) For soccer I play midfield, midfield is the one position you play the most... runs the most and my CF doesn't affect me there and I don't let it. I tell my coaches unless I seriously can't do it physically I will tell you otherwise like I'm fine, I mean I don't feel special different.

When I was younger and I played soccer since I was probably about in kindergarten actually and I know everyone who has played soccer since then who's my age and (took out part of interview need b-roll) My life revolves around soccer (**need to show soccer footage here) and I have been playing soccer my whole life.

My whole family I mean my mom even used to play soccer I didn't know that till like you know probably about a year ago but my mom used to, and me and my brother both play soccer.

When I was younger my mom told me about the make a wish foundation and of course right away I wanted to go meet Garth Brooks but they wanted me to wait till I was older cause I was like 6 and so they wanted to wait until I could to the age were I could remember it for my whole life and so they did. And you know they asked me if I wanted backup wishes, I'm like I don't want anything else I want to meet Garth Brooks.

When I went to go meet Garth I actually played soccer with his children and he is a soccer dad. He is like us on weekends he is spending his time at the soccer field and no matter where my family goes we can't get away from soccer. We learned this the hard way. We go to the beach with people you know set-up cones, there's a soccer ball you know. We go to Oklahoma there's soccer. (**insert b-roll) then when we go to Germany there' s also soccer there. That's one of their... that's their biggest sport, major sport there. So no matter where my family goes we can't get away from soccer! It's rue but that really shows that we play soccer!

Having CF it's not fun, but you have to make the most of it because of that's life and you can't you can't do anything about it. It's your life and make the best of it while you can and you know to stay healthy you have to make sure you do your medicine and you know you have to learn to live with it whether you want to or not so.... live with it.

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