CF Foundation | Drew Dotson

37th Heaven

I turn 37 on April 26. On the surface, 37 doesn’t sound like a particularly significant age. It’s approaching “I’m almost 40” territory...

Apr 14, 20233 min read

Role reversal

EXTRA! EXTRA! I recently wrote a guest post for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Here's where to find it: Role Reversal: When Someone With...

Jul 27, 20221 min read

Trial and error

When I took my first dose of Trikafta in March 2019, I felt, as the pills slid down my throat, that my life might be changing. And change...

Jul 13, 20222 min read

Ask and ye will have asked

Today marks 18 months since Ramón’s cardiac arrest. For once, that length of time aligns with how long it feels like it’s been....

Oct 19, 20213 min read

Paint me surprised

On my birthday in 2013, Ramón and I went to a place where we drank wine and painted. For the next several years, Ramón insisted that his...

Apr 26, 20212 min read

Days +12, 15, and 18

Day +12: A turtle's pace April 22, 2020 Though time has been moving at the speed of molasses, it’s moving, and that’s the most important...

Apr 28, 20203 min read

Grief: A hard pill to swallow

Grief is very real. It’s exhausting, it’s sneaky, and it’s unpredictable. And it spans to all areas of loss – actual, perceived, or even...

Sep 19, 20194 min read

Oh my memoir

Yesterday I finished a four-part memoir writing class. When I saw it was being offered, I thought, 'Well, now's not really a good time,'...

Sep 4, 20192 min read

The gift of time

Look how fancy we get for other people's weddings and wear jeans to our own! I stumbled across this post the other day and realized I...

Aug 9, 20191 min read

Happy birth-of-a-new-chapter day!

What began as Ramón's birthday ended as the day he was diagnosed with cancer. While we knew May 7, 2019, would be a special day since...

May 9, 20191 min read

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My name is Drew Dotson, and my life has been anything but perfect, yet it's still perfectly beautiful. After growing up with a genetic disease, cystic fibrosis, I was blessed to meet an amazing man who loved me without bounds. Then he died.

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