Twenty-one-year-old Laura Rothenberg has spent her life knowing each breath might be her last and fighting a losing battle with cystic fibrosis, and she describes how her disease and life were affected by her decision to have a lung transplant.
While trying to help her eleven-year-old brother who suffers from cystic fibrosis get his greatest wish, fifteen-year-old Bee discovers that she has some special wishes of her own.
An introduction to cystic fibrosis that discusses causes, screening, diagnosis, management of the genetic disorder, treatments, and other related topics.