The day-to-day dealings of life as a cystic fibrosis patient are
described through a series of flashbacks to a time when the author was
an 18-year-old volunteer at cystic fibrosis overnight camp. From
diagnosis to death, this book leaves no aspect of CF untold as it
includes a description of the illness; a comprehensive discussion of who
gets the disease and why; an explanation of the procedures involved in
diagnosing the disease; coverage of the arduous daily therapies involved
in maintaining the life of a person with cystic fibrosis; and, now that
people who have CF are living longer because of available therapies, the
new challenges of dealing with CF-related diabetes as well as making
decisions regarding lung transplants are all covered.