Brackley family keeps up fight for access to pioneering drug
For more than 1,000 days a fight has gone on to access a ground-breaking drug which could make a significant difference to the long-term health of a Brackley couple’s daughter.
Paul and Catherine Upstone’s 14-year-old daughter Cerys has Cystic Fibrosis, a condition which causes a build-up of thick sticky mucus in the lungs, digestive system and other organs, which will require a lifetime of medications and physiotherapy to manage.
Cerys said: “I have to take antibiotics for symptoms and stuff like that.”
Catherine added: “She has two sessions of physiotherapy every single day and about four... read more
27 September 2018 in
Regional West,
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Source: Banbury Guardian
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