Introduction

[Guest guest]

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.