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My Best Friend Has A Life Threatening Lung Disease

Life is full of obstacles we have to get through, Katie's is just a little tougher.

Kaitlyn Frese
May 02, 2016
Emporia State University
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My Best Friend Has A Life Threatening Lung Disease
Kaitlyn Frese

I recently found a life long best friend, and her name is Katie. As soon as I met Katie I knew we were meant to be friends, she had been coming over to my sorority house with the interest of joining. Once she got her bid I found out that I was first on her of list people she wanted to be her big, and of course I accepted and started the busy week that is big-little week.

On the night of big-little reveal I was so excited for her to find out that it was me, and once she went through reveal and found out I was her big she was ecstatic. Ever since that day we have been inseparable, I haven't gone a day without seeing Katie and I don't think I ever could.

It wasn't too long before I found out that Katie had cystic fibrosis, a lung disease that could cause her to not live past 30 years of age. Having cystic fibrosis causes Katie to have to take lots of medications, breathing treatments, and many other things. It is not fair that she has to go through all this every day, but you wouldn't know she is even struggling because her attitude stays so positive.

This doesn't stop her from doing everything she wants to do. Katie has been through so much in her lifetime I can't even imagine, she is the strongest person I have ever met. She is happy, beautiful, and smart, and she definitely going to do great things in her lifetime.

Katie was put into my life on purpose because we just click, we have only known each other for a little over a month and yet I feel like I have known her my whole life. How did I live before Katie was in my life? Even though we joke about her disease I sometimes think about what the future is going to be like, there are so many medical advances, which means that I believe she is going to live a long happy life, which she deserves because she is the nicest person I have ever met.

Katie makes me want to be a better person and pushes me to live every day to the fullest. If I ever have a bad day I just look at Katie as she is smiling at me and I know that everything is fine there's always something to live for. Life is full of obstacles that test us but we can always make it through, Katie's obstacle is just a little tougher.

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