Emmah Money (Cystic Fibrosis) | #18

Where do we draw the line between disease and disability? Who makes that distinction and why? This week we talk invisible illness and let you make up your own mind!  In this weeks episode of ListenABLE Dylan Alcott and Angus O’Loughlin talk to Emmah Money who is living with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). When she was born she was not expected to live beyond her fifth birthday and doctors suggested the lung disease caused by CF would progress quickly and soon take her life.  But Emmah has proven from an early age that she was going to be someone who would defy the odds against her – a valuable lesson she learnt from her adoptive parent’s right from the moment they brought Emmah home and into their family.  Over the years Emmah has lost many of her close friends to the devastating effects of this disease, but this has not diminished her absolute resolve to be part of the cure that she hopes will one day improve and save her life, and the lives of so many others in the community.  And now, Emmah has an even greater reason to work toward that goal – her two beautiful children, Ayvah, meaning "breath of life", and little Logan.  Emmah is very aware that the average life expectancy for someone living with cystic fibrosis is just 38 years, less than ten years from her current age. But for someone who has proven they are anything but average, she is doing everything she can to beat these odds as well. Instagram: cfmummySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.