{"product_id":"breathing-through-a-straw-mark-william-sheehan-9781760793807","title":"Breathing Through a Straw: The Remarkable Story of a Father Who Would Stop at Nothing to Keep His Son Alive....and His Son Who Refused Against Al","description":"\u003ci\u003eBreathing through a Straw\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir of a father's fight to do absolutely everything to save his son's life. On the day of our son's birth, my wife and I had unknowingly granted Cody a death sentence. He has the worst genetic combination of Cystic Fibrosis genes, delivered to him by his genetic family tree. A many-generational Molotov cocktail that would kill him. We wouldn't learn this until our son was 6 months old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Cody Sheehan was 6 months old his parents Mark and Bridget received the devastating news that they had given their smiling baby boy a genetic death sentence in the form of cystic fibrosis. They were terrified to learn that, at the time, a child with cystic fibrosis would be lucky to survive to their teenage years. The family's world was turned upside down and they were set on a path to find new treatments and support the efforts to find a cure, all while trying to give Cody as normal a childhood as possible. With good humour and emotion Mark Sheehan tells a story familiar to anyone with a loved one battling a chronic and life-threatening illness: its impact on all family members and the constant cycle of medications, therapies, treatments, and hospitalisations. For sufferers like Cody, every breath required to stay alive was like breathing through a straw. Following successful transplant surgery Cody is something of a miracle--living a full life in his thirties. Cody and his story provide living, breathing hope for others with cystic fibrosis. For Cody and for his fellow 'cystas' and 'fibros, ' the next best thing to a cure is hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark William Sheehan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760793809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760793807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Holland Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Mark William Sheehan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051736035583,"sku":"9781760793807","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32fbc0c3-c2a2-455d-be8b-db48f47bfa3d.jpg?v=1685014870","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breathing-through-a-straw-mark-william-sheehan-9781760793807","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}