tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74754211692970453762024-03-08T01:00:57.556-05:00Breezy's Bravery A Fight Against Cystic FibrosisBreezy's Bravery follows my 5 year old daughters fight with cystic fibrosis.Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09717443369354640997noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475421169297045376.post-31638548956008663242011-08-25T21:08:00.001-04:002011-08-25T21:08:17.812-04:002011 Palm Coast Great Strides Walk<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Welcome to Palm Coast Great Strides 2011 this will be our second annual walk and last year was a great success. With your help we can make this year’s event even more exciting and successful.We walk in a effort to raise awareness and funds for the CFF in support of the nearly 30,000 Cystic Fibrosis patients in the United States and 1 Palm Coast child especially our little Breezy.</div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: #666666; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0.786em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.786em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mark your calendars now for an afternoon of FUN</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">On: <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Saturday, September 24 – 5:00 p.m.</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></strong>At: <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Town Center in Central Park.</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Before we lace up our walking shoes, I would like to thank you for your commitment to finding the cure for cystic fibrosis.</div></blockquote><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Great Strides: Taking Steps to Cure Cystic Fibrosis is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s largest national fundraising event. Tens of thousands of co-workers, friends and family come together each year as one community for one cause…to help find a cure for CF. In 2010, nearly $35.5 million was raised to support vital CF programs.</div>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09717443369354640997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475421169297045376.post-23392964743652818152010-10-14T13:38:00.002-04:002010-10-14T13:39:36.188-04:00Palm Coast Observer Article- By Brian McMillan<div style="text-align: justify;">Six-year-old Breezy Shiflett wants to be a veterinarian some day. For now, at her home in the E-Section, she keeps an eye on the wildlife in the backyard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Squirrel!” she says, pointing to a bushy tail scurrying across the lanai. “Mostly, I’m at school when he comes. I’m lucky today.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You would never know by looking at her, or by listening to her describe how she likes losing teeth because the tooth fairy once gave her 10 bucks, but Breezy is lucky every day to be alive. She has cystic fibrosis, a genetic, chronic illness that creates a mucous buildup in the lungs. As a result, the lungs can become clogged and the pancreas can be hampered in its ability to digest food. There is no known cure. Life expectancy is 37 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her mother, Jessica Bear, persistently took her to doctors until they had correctly diagnosed her at 4 years old and put her on medication and other treatments.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bear also led the effort to start a local, annual Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis, which took place Friday, Sept. 24, at Town Center. Bear said about 200 people showed up, which was a tremendous turnout even country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“That’s my talent — watching animals,” says Breezy, wearing purple flip-flops and purple pants. “Guess what? I have a pet swimming frog. … The main thing we see sometimes is golf balls on the other side of the lake. I picked two of them up and put them in my jewelry box. Because there was room for them.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Breezy takes three pills with every meal, and her medicine routine changes frequently, as she battles different infections. She also takes nebulizers and inhalers. Every day or two, for about 20 minutes, she wears a special vest that fills with air and then vibrates her chest to loosen the mucous. She takes another pill to help her cough it up. Physical activity helps, and so Breezy is also on the cheer squad for the Imagine School Lions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“But I’m a Georgia Bulldogs fan,” she says. She inherited the passion for the University of Georgia from her father, Nate Shiflett. “And I do not the like the Florida Gators,” she says. “My main thing that I really like is dogs. And I do not like alligators, because they kill dogs.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Breezy” is a nickname; her real name is Brianna, but when she was younger, long before she was diagnosed, her parents called her “Wheezy Breezy,” because she always seemed to have a raspy voice. She also didn’t gain weight, weighing just 23 pounds at 4 years old. Thanks to the treatments, Breezy is now approaching the 50th percentile, which has been one of Bear’s goals. Bear continues to do whatever is necessary for treatments (the vest cost $16,000), and she keeps close to friends in online, cystic fibrosis groups. She finds strength in the support she has received from people like Marie Butler, of Imagine School, who helped round up about 100 people for the Great Strides Walk. And Bear convinces herself that 37 is just a number — an average.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Many people with (cystic fibrosis) reach their mid-20s and have living lung transplants or donor transplants,” she says. “You lose people who are a lot younger than that, but then there are some of them out there who are 60 years old.” And at the same time that she cares for Breezy, Bear also leans on her.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Having spirit means you have a positive attitude, and doing your best,” Breezy says. “That’s our rules in class. To have, like, a smile on your face.”</div>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09717443369354640997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475421169297045376.post-21287453072237027932010-10-14T13:32:00.002-04:002010-10-14T13:35:52.019-04:00Hundreds Rally for Cystic Fibrosis Walk- News Journal Article<div style="text-align: justify;">BY AARON LONDON, STAFF WRITER</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A steady, breezy rain did not deter the more than 200 walkers who turned out Friday for a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Great Strides walk.In fact, breezy was why they were there. Breezy Shiflett, to be exact.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TLc-kFIlSMI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/D2aGnqhBEq8/s1600/CITY-CFWALK-1%5B1%5D-thumb-180xauto-9676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TLc-kFIlSMI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/D2aGnqhBEq8/s1600/CITY-CFWALK-1%5B1%5D-thumb-180xauto-9676.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Organized locally by Nate Shiflett and his wife, Jessica, the funds raised by the walk go to support research on the disease that has touched their lives through their 6-year-old daughter, Breezy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nate Shiflett said the response to the walk -- the first one of its kind in Flagler County -- was overwhelming.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We started to get a buzz about a month ago with trying to promote the event," he said before the late afternoon event. "Imagine School helped a lot."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Imagine School at Town Center presence was strong, with more than 100 students, teachers and parents on hand to walk for Breezy and others with cystic fibrosis.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive systems of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.</div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the 1950s, few children with cystic fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Today, advances in research and medical treatments have extended life for children and adults with CF into their 30s, 40s and beyond, the foundation states.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Palm Coast resident Katie Frazier was there with her Gamma Eta sorority sisters from Jacksonville University to walk.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We're here for our friend, Lacey, and her brother that passed away, Logan," she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For Claudia Werner, executive director of the North Florida Office of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the turnout and enthusiasm of participants was heartwarming, especially given the fact it was a first-year event in Flagler County.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"You're usually lucky if you get 100," she said. "As of last night, we had 215 (walkers) confirmed."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Werner said Great Strides events are held all over the country and are the biggest national event the foundation holds. The Flagler County effort was expected to raise between $10,000 and $12,000.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This is what funds the science for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation," she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For Nate Shiflett, the event was all part of life with a child with cystic fibrosis.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said Breezy was not diagnosed until about two years ago, though he and his wife knew something was wrong.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We knew that something wasn't quite right," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, a doctor in Ormond Beach diagnosed Breezy with CF.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It was sort of a relief, on the one hand, that we found out what it was," Shiflett said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Shiflett said he and his wife plan on making the walkathon an annual event.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Hopefully we can continue to do this year after year and continue to build it up," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Just an update on Breezy...I have been working on the Great Strides so much that I haven't been giving as many Breezy updates. She was in the hospital for four days in July with double lung pneumonia. While she was there she completed a round of I.V. Tobi. After she was released we continued the inhaled Tobi at home. Which we are still doing now, Tobi is by far her least favorite medication but it works so she endures.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The other problem that she is currently dealing with is the uselessness of her left nostril. She can not breath out of it at all. So I'm excited to say that she is going to see the ENT specialist at Nemours next Tuesday. We will have a day packed full of doctors, Tuesday Breezy will see the pulmonologist , nutritionist, respiratory therapist, and woo hoo the ENT. I can't wait to fix her little nose, the crazy thing is that Breezy never complains I have more complaints about her nose than she does. I'm so lucky to have such a strong little girl!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Current Medications:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zenpep- With Every Meal</div><div style="text-align: justify;">ADEK- Once Daily</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nasonex- Twice Daily</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Albuterol- Twice Daily</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tobi- Twice daily</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zithromax- Monday, Wednesday, Friday</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prevacid- Once Daily</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pulmozyme- Once Daily</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hypertonic Saline- Twice Daily</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Miralax- Once Daily</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Team Breezy's Bravery has had lots of meetings with awesome business owners, community clubs, and new and good old friends. We are hoping to make this more of a festival and really get the community involved. If you know anyone in town who would like to get involved or donate let me know, we would love to have you join us.Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09717443369354640997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475421169297045376.post-82479940977932087892010-08-24T09:06:00.001-04:002010-08-24T09:06:21.215-04:00Flagler Palm Coast Great Strides 2010<div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to everyone that has offered to help with the walk this year! It is going to be great, I'm so excited about all of the support. I just wanted to take a moment to thank the the companies that have joined us in the fight against cystic fibrosis. If you would like to help with the walk please feel free to contact me at <a href="mailto:BreezysBravery@gmail">BreezysBravery@gmail</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We are so excited to be partnering with Imagine School Town Center, Brusters Ice Cream, Houligan's, The Flagler Rotary Club, Prosperity Bank, ACI and Dominic's Deli !!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I guess that I should give a little summer up date on how we have been doing. Breezy finished school in June and just a couple of weeks later had her sixth birthday. We had a tacky tiki luau in honor of Hawaii which is very close to my heart because I lived there as a military child when I was growing up. So Breezy had tons of family and friends over to celebrate and had a wonderful time. We had it all cake, games, wonderful Hawaiian food and of course swimming.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then one week after her birthday came the not so fun pneumonia hospitalization, Breezy spent 4 days in the children's hospital. This just broke my heart because she had been doing so well, missed very few days of school and had to spend her free summer time in the hospital. But as much as it was a bummer Breezy is always a trooper and we made the best of it. I also can't complain because she is feeling great now and that is all that matters, when you strip all of the daily struggles and speed bumps away at the end of the day I have her and that is something priceless.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Breezy has been having fun with her friends taking shopping trips, having play dates, swimming and crafting which is one of her favorite things to do. We took a trip to Tampa where my young aspiring veterinarian was treated to a zoo visit by her Grandpa. She loves the zoo and Grandpa loves to make Breezy happy. We have made countless trips to the library because Breezy is a sponge and love to read. She has a fondness for Junie b. Jones which started with her wonderful kindergarten teacher. But she has added the Magic School Bus Chapter books to her list of favorites. Breezy's has got to spend time with both of her Grandma's this summer with she has loved. Grandma Wanda came to visit when Breezy was in the hospital and that meant the world to us. Grandma Diana just returned back from Guam and Breezy has enjoyed having her around to play with and just spend time with. Breezy and Grandma Diana and partners in crime and keep me on my toes : )</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know that I have missed a million thing that we did this summer but I think that I covered that major stuff.</div>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09717443369354640997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475421169297045376.post-66496717592865768162010-08-21T09:09:00.000-04:002010-09-01T22:25:07.577-04:00Great Strides Video 2010<div><embed flashvars="&p=836de919a5e0dd3e6087a8&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" height="382" name="FLVPlayer" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" salign="LT" scale="noscale" src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=836de919a5e0dd3e6087a8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="408" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TERPxbUnQHI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/M0X_PzQDHtk/s1600/IMG_9113-w600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TERPxbUnQHI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/M0X_PzQDHtk/s320/IMG_9113-w600.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">GREAT STRIDES is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's largest and most successful national fundraising event. This year, I'm walking in the GREAT STRIDES walk at the 2010 Flagler County - Palm Coast Town Center walk on 09/24/2010. Please help me meet my fundraising goal of $1,500.00 by sponsoring me. Your generous gift will be used efficiently and effectively, as nearly 90 cents of every dollar of revenue raised is available for investment in vital CF programs to support research, care and education.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Last Wednesday was the final Reading Buddies Day, which is when the little kids pair up with a 4th grader.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TBAfS8b8xCI/AAAAAAAAAiI/ExWmDpueOjY/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TBAfS8b8xCI/AAAAAAAAAiI/ExWmDpueOjY/s320/9.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last Thursday the kids brought their pillows, blankets and a good book to have a reading day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TBAeZcDOW5I/AAAAAAAAAhw/IB3U1DbBTrg/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TBAeZcDOW5I/AAAAAAAAAhw/IB3U1DbBTrg/s320/1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then on Friday it was bring a board game day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TBAe4dDV4JI/AAAAAAAAAh4/dM0ikfiy-uQ/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TBAe4dDV4JI/AAAAAAAAAh4/dM0ikfiy-uQ/s320/3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Monday was Field Day!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TBAfoaG7CwI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/8hC6DozbZwo/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/TBAfoaG7CwI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/8hC6DozbZwo/s320/4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Breezy did the pulmonary function test at this time she is still practicing how to successfully complete the test so the results are not as reliable as they will be in the future.They also took a throat culture and we should be getting the results within the next couple of days.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The topic of concern at this visit was nasal polyps, it looks as though Breezy has a nasal polyp and it is blocking her left nostril. So we are now on another antibiotic, a new nasal flush and increased Nasonex. This is all in hopes that we can clear her nose up so that we don't need to have the dreaded sinus surgery.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We got some awesome news while at clinic, the SB 166-Enzyme Bill will be going in effect in July. This means that CF kiddos in the state of Florida have the right to carry their enzymes on them at school. Just like kids with asthma get to carry their inhalers. I'm sure that I will still have Breezy go to the nurse at lunch just to make sure that she is taking them everyday without forgetting but if the class has a snack she won't have to leave the room anymore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">All in all the visit went well and I will keep you updated on any changes.</div>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09717443369354640997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475421169297045376.post-10915911529730489822010-05-22T22:19:00.000-04:002010-05-22T22:19:26.780-04:00Current Meds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/S_iOoF30mTI/AAAAAAAAAhY/IbHhMPL2MzE/s1600/IMG_0185-w600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/S_iOoF30mTI/AAAAAAAAAhY/IbHhMPL2MzE/s320/IMG_0185-w600.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It had been a while since I have posted Breezy's current medications and treatments, this may change on Tuesday because Breezy has her CF Clinic. Please be thinking of her on Tuesday and wish us a clean throat culture. Because we love clean cultures!! Breezy has been slightly more congested this week but not fever and her mucus is clear at the moment so I'm hoping that she is just having some problems with all of the pollen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Current Medications:</div><br />
<ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Zenpep</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">ADEK</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Nasonex</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Albuterol</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Zithromax</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Prevacid</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pulmozyme</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Hypertonic Saline</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Current Treatments:</div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">The Vest</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;">So that is what Breezy is doing right now.</div></div>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09717443369354640997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475421169297045376.post-11531284505003747212010-05-22T22:09:00.001-04:002010-05-28T13:45:29.205-04:00An Evening Swim<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/S_iMP2XoF1I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/K5LjJzJwO3k/s1600/IMG_0226-w600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IIh6SeLEP4/S_iMP2XoF1I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/K5LjJzJwO3k/s200/IMG_0226-w600.JPG" width="200" /></a>Today was a lazy Saturday, we didn't do to much of anything. I think that we are all in great need of the summer arriving as soon as possible. To say that this family is exhausted would be an understatement. It took us all day to get the energy to open our back door and take a swim. The girls really do enjoy swimming under the moon light, so that is a plus when you have no motivation : ) It was so relaxing to hear them playing while I read my book, nothing compares to hearing the kiddo giggle and play. Sometimes it is hard to remember how to be completely carefree, but kids have it down to a science. They simply don't get worked up about to much. So the day wasn't a complete wash the kids had fun and i guess that is all that matters, we don't have to be overly productive everyday.</div>Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09717443369354640997noreply@blogger.com0