Mandie Sherman and Natalie Moss: Sisters Outliving a Life Expectancy

All In

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

When Mandie Sherman was born in 1989 with Cystic Fibrosis, she was expected to live just 18 years. Three years later, her little sister Natalie was also born with the same disease. As they have battled their condition, the two sisters have endured painful challenges and daily treatments together. And yet, they are determined to take every opportunity and live life to its fullest.

"Knowing that our life could be cut short—really at any moment—it allows us to repent of our sins more quickly, seek mending relationships that might have been hurt, search for answers and questions that we might have, take life by the horns and say yes to that experience, take that vacation, plan that birthday party, visit that person, talk to your neighbor, talk to...your grandparents, because you don't know when the last time you're going to be able to do those things is."

Show Notes

2:06- What is Cystic Fibrosis?
4:42- Day-to-day Living
6:00- Born with a Life Expectancy
10:47- Battling Together
16:59- Medical Progress
21:12- Dating and Marriage
32:00- Personal Decisions about Giving Life
43:20- Truly Living Life
51:31- What Does It Mean To Be “All In” the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	Cystic fibrosis was first recognized as a disease in 1938, but it wasn't until 1989 that
0:07.8	a team of scientists discovered the Cystic fibrosis gene. That same year, a little girl named
0:14.2	Mandy Rudd was born with CF. At the time, according to the Cystic fibrosis foundation
0:20.1	registry, the median age of survival was 29 years old. But with Mandy's life experience
0:26.4	in birth story, her parents were told she would be lucky to live to age 18. Research and
0:32.6	treatments have progressed, and today Mandy is 31 years old. Her younger sister Natalie
0:38.7	was also born with Cystic fibrosis, and together they have battled the disease their entire
0:44.1	lives. They are now both wives and mothers who are determined to appreciate everything
0:50.0	life has to offer. This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what
0:57.4	does it really mean to be All-In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? I'm Morgan Jones, and I am
1:03.2	honored to have Mandy Sherman and Natalie Moss on the line with me today, Mandy and Natalie
1:08.2	Welcome. Thank you. Well, this is Morgan. So happy to be here. This is such a treat for
1:16.0	me. I watched a documentary, and I'm just going to go ahead and put this out there up
1:23.0	front. Devon Graham did a documentary about Mandy and Natalie and their experience with
1:29.4	Cystic fibrosis, and I will be completely honest and say that I have heard of Cystic fibrosis
1:35.8	my whole life, but I did not really understand what it was or how it affects someone's life
1:42.4	and watching the documentary. So I opened to me that I kept making friends sit down and
1:48.8	watch. It's like a 20 minute documentary. I'm like, you will sit down and watch the entire
1:53.3	thing with me. And so, I really think it's true. I think I've worked at least five times.
2:04.4	So I love that. For those that are not familiar that are listening to this episode and maybe
2:10.8	like what is Cystic fibrosis? How would you describe it to someone? Cystic fibrosis is a genetic
2:18.2	disease, and so it's something that you're born with. And it actually begins at the cellular
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