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zoeysdad

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<span style=" font-size: small;">Hello my name is jimmy and i am
married to the most beautiful woman in the small town of mineola.
My daughters name is zoey and she has CF. Sarah and i were very
scared at first because we did not know anything about the disease,
So we were very scared about what was going to happen to our little
girl.Zoey and Sarah are the greatest thing that ever happened to me
and if any thing happened  to them i would go crazy. Anyways i
would like to know more about CF so feel free to enlighten me. You
might have read my wifes forums about zoey or even chatted with
her. If you want to see some pics of us go to:
mome2zoey.spaces.live.com   Hopefully i will hear from u
guys soon.........Jimmy 
 
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anonymous

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you are doing great...continue to be open and supportive of each other...cf makes an impact on relationships...especially if one person seems to bear the burden of it all...your daughter and your marriage will greatly benefit...: )
 
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lightNlife

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Hi Jimmy, welcome to the group!<br>
I'm sure you must be overwhelmed with everything you're learning
about CF. It can be information overload, that's for sure! I have
chatted with your wife a bit, and from what I can tell, you two are
doing a great job.<br>
<br>
I guess the main piece of advice that I can offer you is this:
don't give in to fear! In this day and age it's wonderful to have
so much information at our disposal thanks to the internet, but
sometimes that can be scary too when you read about all the
worst-case scenarios of medications, procedures, etc. You and Sarah
are going to have to learn what works best for Zoey. CF affects all
of us in many different unique ways. What is true for one person
may not be true for another.<br>
<br>
There have been so many amazing advancements made in the treatment
of CF just in my lifetime! When I was born the doctors basically
handed my parents a leaflet about CF and told them that I wouldn't
live to see my 10th birthday. Well, here I am, 26 years old, a
college grad, married for 3 years, working full-time and generally
living well in spite of CF.<br>
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I hope this encourages you, and I hope that you and Sarah can lend
each other the strength you will each need on a daily basis to
handle all of what CF means for you and Zoey. It's exhausting, but
doable. It's challenging, but not overwhelming. You can do
this!<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
Lauren
 
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dyza

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hi jimmy welcome I too am a father, mostly women on here lol, feel free to ask me or anyone anything that comes to mind, you will get answeres and lots of support from all.
 
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Diane

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Welcome Zoeysdad. I LOVE the name Zoey. I had a female iguana named Zoey, she was the sweetest !! I think they reserve the name Zoey for only the very special , so your daughter's got the right name <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Enjoy the site, you will make some new friends and learn so much <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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chipper28

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Hey Jimmy,

Welcome! Glad yall found this resource. I saw Zoey's pics the other day on Sarah's site and she's definitely a cutie. Just curious, are you Mineola like East of Dallas and North of Tyler in TExas or somewhere in New York? Based on my knowledge of the first one, it's probably obvious that I'm a Texas girl myself, so I was just curious.

Edited to add: or perhaps Missouri or Iowa :). My Texas-centric view led me to miss those!

Elizabeth
 
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Hughett

New member
Hi,<br>
     Your baby has the the biggest eyes.
 Very cute.  I am new to this whole thing too.  We
have a 7 week old that was diagnosed with CF.  This site is
great with information and you can also go to cff.org for some good
info too.  Go to the media page in there and watch the video
about CF.  The one that is around an hour long is great and I
learned tons from it.  I am glad to see you on this site.
 I can tell you from personal experience that there are some
great people here who can answer your questions.  <br>
<br>
Good to meet you,<br>
                                 Brad
 
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Lungboy911

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Welcome Jimmy,

I know that one of the greatest parts of my life was the involvement my dad had in me. Don't ever hesitate to email me privately and remember the advancements in this disease are overwhelming. I was 2 years-old in 1970 and the medium age was on 3. 36 years later the avg. life span is 36.8 and increasing every day.
 
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chipper28

New member
Jimmy,

I think there's actually a fair number of people on this site that are in Texas. I'm currently in Austin, but I grew up in Dallas, so I knew the name Mineola. I'm guessing Zoey's in Dallas? Tyler seems a little small. . .

Thanks again for sharing all the great pictures of your family. I'm definitely rooting for Zoey being able to come home with yall soon!

Elizabeth
 
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