The Hughes Family: The Silver lining

Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Silver lining

There has been something positive out of the last couple crazy weeks.

Ben has officially declared PSEUDOMONAS FREE!! Yes, his culture did NOT grow pseudomonas only some funky bacteria I cannot pronounce. He does have a cough but we’re going to watch it and give him some time to get over it himself. In a week we’ll reevaluate if he needs oral antibiotics. Hooray!!

This is a HUGE weight off my shoulders and I am writing Cayston a thank you letter. I had high hopes for that drug and it did not disappoint. Thank you for everyone’s prayers, I am off to celebrate!

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Ryan HughesAugust 19, 2011 at 5:11 AM
One of the best pieces of news ever!!
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GemmaAugust 20, 2011 at 2:54 AM
Awesome news you guys! It's a fantastic feeling isn't it?
So happy for you all.
Take care xxx
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Cystic Fibrosis is a life threatening, inherited disease, that causes mucus to build up and clog some of the organs in the body. Majorly in the lungs and pancreas. When the mucus clogs the lungs it makes breathing very difficult. The thick mucus also causes bacteria/germs to get trapped in the airways, which causes inflammations and infections that damage the lungs. The mucus can also block the digestive tract and pancreas. It stops the enzymes from getting into the intestines. The body needs enzymes to break down food, which provides important nutrients to help us grow and stay healthy. People with cystic fibrosis often need to replace these enzymes with capsules they take with their meals and snacks to help digest the food and get the proper nutrition.

How do people get CF?

Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease. Which means people inherit it from their parents through genes (or DNA), which also determine a lot of other characteristics including height, hair color and eye color. Genes, found in the nucleus of all the body’s cells, control cell function by serving as the blueprint for the production of proteins. The defective gene that is responsible for causing cystic fibrosis is on chromosome 7. To have cystic fibrosis, a person must inherit two copies of the defective CF gene.one copy from each parent. If both parents are carriers of the CF gene (i.e., they each have one copy of the defective gene), their child will have a 25% chance of inheriting both defective copies and having cystic fibrosis, a 50% chance of inheriting one defective copy and being a carrier, and a 25% chance of not having CF or carrying the gene.

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The Silver lining

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