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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">My name is Keegan Mojo Blayney and I’m 5 years old. I live in Noosa, which is in Queensland, Australia. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Handsome I know and just by looking at me you wouldn’t think there was anything wrong however, I have Cystic Fibrosis……..</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Cystic Fibrosis is a life threatening, genetic condition that predominantly affects my lungs, blocking the airways with clinging, suffocating mucus. CF also obstructs the ducts of my pancreas and it affects my liver, sweat glands, and reproductive organs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I’m still too young to understand the massive impact this has on my life. But I’m only too aware there are lots of things I have to do every day that my big Brother and friends don’t have to do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">My daily treatments consist of nebulizer and chest percussion; which takes about 45 minutes. Mum does this twice a day when I have a cold to try and help loosen the mucus that builds up in my lungs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to take digestive enzymes (up to 15 a day) every time I eat to help my pancreas absorb the nutrients in my food and I need vitamin supplements. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">My diet is very high in fat, protein and salt (you should see the look some of the other parents give my Mum and Dad with the amount of salt and butter they add to my food!!) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">At the moment, the life expectancy for a person with Cystic Fibrosis is 37 years of age, which is not nearly enough time for me to do everything I want to do….. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Dad says “money buys science and science saves lives” so with your help and kind donation, the Doctors will be able to do more important research and hopefully find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Thanks for supporting Stu. Good luck in the Marathon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Keegan</span></p>
<p>Thanks for supporting us in this years Dublin Marathon on 31st October 2011. All donations gratefully received for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Stuart</p>