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How I cultivated joy and peace amid health challenges

“I don’t understand how you were laughing when all I wanted to do was cry,” my sister said, referring to the time before my double-lung transplant six years ago. In March 2017, I went into respiratory failure due to complications of cystic fibrosis (CF). I was transported to…

Maybe we can’t count on medical miracles after all

Note: This column describes the author’s own experiences with Trikafta (ivacaftor, tezacaftor, and elexacaftor). Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor before starting or stopping a therapy. Recently, we experienced a miracle. Or at least we thought it would become our miracle. In April,…