Happy Spring,
Hope everyone is doing well. Winter was very long and rough in Indiana. We had a big snowstorm in early February right before we left for Australia. We’ve been in Newcastle, NSW Australia since then, where Gabe has a Fulbright Fellowship. Lucky for us we escaped the cold, and we’ve enjoyed lovely weather even with all the rain.
Clay graduated from the Univ. of Chicago with his Master’s degree last May and is now gainfully employed at UChicago. He and Simone are thriving in Chicago. He continues to do his treatments and take all his medications, including Trikafta- the wonder drug developed by the CF Foundation thanks to all of our supporters. His lung functions are now perfect, which is an absolutely incredible thing to be able to write. He still does all of his normal treatments and takes all of the meds, but wow—what an incredible difference your continued support has made in the life of this one person with CF who we love very much!
There is no cure for CF, cystic fibrosis, so we continue to fundraise, feeling that our efforts and yours have made a tremendous effect on Clay and the other 30,000 people who live with CF in the U.S.
We once again are asking for donations for Team Clay for the Great Strides Walk or that you create your own Team Clay in your local area.
I will be home in June and Gabe will be back early July. We have missed our family and friends so much while we have been gone, but somehow everyone has done just fine without us. We look forward to reconnecting this summer.
Love,
Sally, Gabe, Peter, Clay, Lana and Ella
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