HAPPY EASTER!! What a wonderful time of the year to post an update and let everyone know how good Landon is doing. He is 31 inches long and 24 lbs. He is getting very ornery and we love it!! So far we have been able manage his CF with medications, multiple breathing treatments, and chest "clapping" every day. As he gets older and more mucus builds up in his lungs, other therapies may become an option for him, but for now, he is doing very good. We are going back to Children's Mercy next week for clinical visits and Landon is going to be fitted for "The Vest". The vest is a device that is hooked to a computer and compressor and helps break the mucus apart in his lungs. It is something he will do several times a day for the rest of his life. The vest will replace the "clapping" we do on his chest and back. There is a lot of research going on right now for CF so please continue to pray that they find a cure for CF!! A month from today, our friend Jen Thomas and her students at Emporia State University, are putting on the 3rd Annual Lawson Thomas Dody Spring Forward Walk/Run. This year they decided to turn it into a three day event where all proceeds will go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to help find a cure for CF. Below is a list of the events with times and dates. In addition, the founder of M.E.N.D. (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death), Rebekah Mitchell, will be attending the walk on Thursday. We are honored she will be able to come celebrate with us from Texas. If you can join use, we would love to see you! Please continue to pray for Landon's health and for the doctors and researchers looking for a cure for CF. Love, Aron, Blythe, and Landon Information about Spring Forward:
--Monday, April 21st from 12 noon to 12 midnight is "Dancing Thru the Decades: The Landon Dody Dance-a-Thon for Cystic Fibrosis." It is open to all ESU students and is being held in Webb Lecture Hall in the Memorial Union.
--Tuesday, April 22nd from 6-8pm is "Laps 4 Landon" at the EHS Track. It is open to all Emporia High School students.
--Thursday, April 24th is "Spring Forward: The 3rd Annual Lawson T. Dody Memorial Event" from 6-8pm. It is open to all community members of any age! We will be doing an auction (pies & other donated products & services) & the 2-mile campus walk & balloon release, as well as some recreational activities.
The proceeds from all events go directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Anyone can contact jthomas@emporia.edu or 620-341-6160 for more information on any of the events.
Lastly, if anyone would like to pre-order a t-shirt for Spring Forward, they need to send Jen Thomas a $10 check made out to Mike's Sporting Goods. The address is 3508 W. 21st, Emporia, KS 66801.
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