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Cystic Fibrosis by John Kappel Tom and Mary are married. Mary has Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and Tom carries it. Their children are Tyler, Karri, and Jim. Jim, the youngest, has CF. He is married to Nancy, who does not have CF. Her parients, Jake and Victoria, bothe were carriers, and her younger sister, Sue, is infected with CF. Their children are Colin, Erin, and Conner, who all are carriers. Karri, a carrier, is married to Steven, an orphan without CF. Their children are Meghan, who is a carrier, Anna and michael who both don't have CF. Tyler, the oldest, is also a carrier is married to Emily, who didn't have CF. Her parents, Jack and Liz, didn't have CF either. Emily is an only child. The children of Emily and Tyler are Katie and John, who both don't have CF.

SCRIPT Cast Doctor Impersonator= Danny= D Victim of Cystic Fibrosis/ patient= Victor(ia)= V  Nurse= Nathan/Nancy= N  Uncle=U

(V comes into room) V=Doctor! Doctor! I’m finding it hard to breathe! I’m also hungry all the time! N= I think (s)he might have Cystic Fibrosis. D= Well, I..uh, need a drink of water. ( Leaves room. Gets a medical book and starts reading about CF) D= )Walking back in) Now tell me, does anyone else in your family have this disease. V= Yes! My Uncle has it. I can call him U= (off camera( hello! V= can you come to the hospital as soon as possible. I think I have Cystic Fibrosis! U=I come now. D= while we wait for him, I can take an x-ray to see if anything is damaged. (pretends to take an x-ray) D=there is no damage, so I don’t know if you have Cystic Fibrosis. U= (comes into room) Victor(ia)? There you are! Have they found out if you have Cystic Fibrosis? N= no, we haven’t. U= Well, I know one way to find out. If you sweat, it will taste salty. Has your mother said anything about salt like that? V= now that you mention it, she did last week! No, no. I probably do have Cystic Fibrosis. U= It’s not the end of the world. First you can drink some water. Any fluids like that will help. D= I’ll go get some!! (leaves room.) U= You can also exercise, and wash your hands often. And don’t even think about smoking. N=You also get things like respiratory failure or collapsed lung, and if you get sick, the sickness s much worse than someone else having it, so try not to get sick. D=(coming back) okay. Here’s your water. Wait, you’re a cop!!! U= yes, I am. Wait… aren’t you- D=I think I’ll go get another drink of water.(starts to leave ) U=no you don’t! (Stops Danny, and “Handcuffs him”) You’re Danny Imps!!! You pretend to be a doctor, then- N= Oh yeah, he’s on the top 10 most wanted list! And without victor(ia) here, you’d never even find this guy!(s)he’s a hero!!! THE END

Journel Day 1 My name is Victor(ia), and today I found out I have Cystic Fibrosis. That basically means that special mucus clogs up my lungs and pancreas, making it harder to use those things. I noticed I get more sinus and lung infections than other people, and I might not live past 50! But there are thing I can do if the mucus I have clogs me up to much. I can get surgery, or lung transplant, and even talking, and I guess writing, about it helps! My uncle has it, and only 1 out of 3,000 get it. I guess I'm relly unlucky. Yet, it's more likely to happen to me because I'm white and from northern Europe: Ireland. Antibiotics help, too. I can't write much more, because, I have to go running. Bye!!