LeviStrong
Hello Friends and Family-
2023 will be our 2nd year doing the CF Great Strides walk and we are excited to bring awareness to this rare, genetic, life-shortening disease that makes it difficult to breathe. We hope this will get us one step closer to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis. ALL are welcome to join us at the walk, become a virtual walker or donate to the CF foundation!
Levi was diagnosed with CF when he was a week old, his newborn screen and sweat test both showed positive. Since that day we started to fight for him. Immediately, he started taking enzymes before meals to help his body digest nutritions and at two months old we started chest physiotherapy twice a day.
Levi’s normal daily CF routine now includes over 20 pills and vitamins, 2 – Orkambi, albuterol puffs, 2 – 25 minute vest treatments and 1 nebulized medication. He visits the CF clinic every 3 months for checkups and throat swaps to make sure his lungs are healthy and he is gaining weight.
We will never let CF define Levi. We will continue to help him fight his battle and win! The world will see him as a normal, happy yet sometimes sassy 3 year old.
Our family is blessed with an amazing support system and we cannot thank our friends, family, coworkers, etc. enough for what they have done and continue to do to help us fight.
Feel free to visit https://www.cff.org/ to learn more about cystic fibrosis.
From the bottom of our hearts we thank you all for your support!
Love,
Bethany, Michael and Levi Schmid
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IMPORTANT NOTE ON ATTENDANCE AT FOUNDATION EVENTS:
Updated July 5th, 2023
The CF Foundation is committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of individuals attending Foundation events. Individuals attending CF Foundation events must abide by the Foundation's Event Attendance Policy www.cff.org/attendancepolicy, which includes guidance for event attendees living with cystic fibrosis.