Re: Introduction - Lucas

[Guest guest]

Lucas,

Welcome. I am glad that you joined us.

Where is the College of and ?

It must be hard to be separated from your wife and child. I am

looking forward to having you in our group.

Gale

Ohio, USA

> Hello,

>

> I am new in the neighborhood (board). I just wanted to introduce my

> self because I feel wrong just reading your posts without your

> concern.

> I just enrolled yesterday to the messages and already have an

> approach. It seems that CF is same in parents all around the world.

> I am from Argentina 27 y.o. and I am attending to The College of

> and at the full time MBA. My wife and son are still

> back in my country. It was one of my mistakes to assume that it

> would be possible to bring them to live with me to US.

> In my country, even when we have a lot of problems (Government took

> our savings last December, devaluated our currency 300% and made

> unemployment rate rise to 40%), Health Insurance has bigger

coverage

> for CF than here (not better, just bigger). Few years ago, CF was

> declared `social illness'; that status gave CF people the right to

> be covered 100% at any HI in which they are, they even have the

> right to ride the bus for free.

> Actually, Santiago, my son, was diagnosed when he was 7 months old,

> our first feeling was: " What did we make wrong??? " But, after few

> days, we found out that this was no `extra charge' because what

> wonderful boy he is.

> Nowadays, I am planning my return to spend a month with him and my

> wife back in my country. In January is his birthday and mine, so,

> I'll have a special party, my 28s and his 2s.

> It is very nice to find people sharing pain to multiply strength,

> I'll appreciate if you accept me as a member of the board.

> Sincerely.

>

> Lucas.

> Santiago's father. 2 y.o. w/CF.