Taylor's Story - Dayton Children's Medical Center

Taylor is a patient at Dayton Children's Medical Center. This story profiling her & how she copes with Cystic Fibrosis was produced by WHIO-TV for the 2009 Children's Miracle Network telethon.

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• WHIO-TV
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• Children's
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• Cystic
• Fibrosis
• telethon
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• health
• CMN
• CF
• hospital

[TheHockey1300]

why did she have a surgical mask on for

[CMNDayton]

@TheHockey1300

Cystic Fibrosis is a chronic lung disease. CF patients who are hospitalized are very prone to air-borne germs, so they wear a surgical mask to protect their lungs.

[MmeDesgranges]

@peace1204205 Don't pity, speak up for increased funding to research cures for CF

[MmeDesgranges]

@TheHockey1300 To prevent the spread of her CF related germs to other CF patients in the medical centre via airborn droplets.

[kdkeene00]

Ashley:hi my name is ashley eline duckworth and i have cycstic fibrosis .

[kdkeene00]

Ashley:hi my name is ashley eline duckworth and i have cycstic fibrosis so doe's my tiwn sister natley

[jessiestarbabe]

shes so pretty :O

[americangirlhq101]

ran out of room again....... stay proud. stay yourself. love americangirlhq101. may our prayers be with you and everyone with cystic fibrosis.

[americangirlhq101]

i ran out of room......... you should know that you are loved and appreciated every day. we know how hard the treatments are. trust me.i just want you to feel like a normal kid anyways. you are amazing and brave. everybody with cf is. ilove the fact that there are other people out there who know what we do every day and how hard it is. oh, and 1 more thing, we will all fight for a cure, and our fighting will find that cure. im sure of it. i just want you to feel like you belong. stay strong.

[americangirlhq101]

it's amazing to know that others are out there. my sister and 2 of my brothers have cf. me and my friend did something that i am proud of. on a summer day at her house, we were bored and we went to the front of the neighborhood and raised over $100. i do NOT want this to seem like bragging. i just feel like i have helped towards the cure for cf. it is also comforting to know that my sister and 2 brothers are not alone in thier adventure of crazy double-loop, up & down roller-coaster ride.

[legallybianca]

Oh my gosh! Dr. Fink was my doctor for a while as well!

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