Another year has come and gone. My husband and I have taken to celebrating New Year's Eve with our son, John, and his wife, Jessica at a fund-raiser ball for Jessica in Beaufort, SC. Jessica has cystic fibrosis and received a double lung transplant during the fall of 2014. That does not mean that the cystic fibrosis has gone away. But, now she can breathe again, at least for a few more years, without being connected to an oxygen tank. Cystic fibrosis, itself, is not curable. She will be under her doctors' watchful eyes and on medications for the rest of her life. The co-pays for the medications and hospital visits are astronomical. They cost more a month than many people that I know earn per month. Thus, the fund-raiser.
The first successful double lung transplant occurred in 1986. Modern medicine is amazing. Human kind is always striving to better the lives of those who suffer. God gives to each of us gifts. I give thanks this new year that God has given to so many the gift of healing through knowledge (another gift) of modern medicine. I give thanks for the many caring and generous people who have helped Jessica on her journey.
May God bless us, this year, with even more knowledge and advancements in the various sciences so that there might be found a cure for the many incurable diseases that presently exist.
God's Peace - Pr. J
If you'd like to know more about Jessica go to
http://cotaforteamjessicam.com/
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