Charities that help develop new treatments, medications and provide help and support to those living with all types of temporary and lifelong conditions, whether they are curable, treatable or just to manage a condition are important to all of us.

Although we would love to support all charities there is one that is particularly important to us, the CysticFibrosisTrust. 

Living with Cystic Fibrosis is a tedious lifestyle of medication, breathing physiotherapy, antibiotics, hospital visits and admissions, and this is very important to us because as a family we live with this and fight this together every day. 

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Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition that you are born with and it is lifelong. It affects the way the body makes the mucus, which in turn affects the rest of the body, the pancreas becomes blocked so that the body is unable to release enzymes that break down the food we eat, mucus also blocks the pancreas from releasing insulin into the body meaning most CF sufferers will develop cystic fibrosis related diabetes (CFRD) However, cystic fibrosis is mainly known to affect the lungs. This is because, although the cilia in the lungs work well, the thick sticky mucus stops them from moving, resulting in holding on to bacteria , viruses and other troublesome microbes.

In simple, even the smallest of 'common colds' could lead to a hospital admission and PICC/IV lines to deliver antibiotics.