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Meagan
Forum Leader Username: Newheart14
Post Number: 1213 Registered: 01-2009
| Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 07:58 am: |
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Two sisters with CF sing on America's Got Talent. Their other two siblings also have CF. I found this very touching, not to mention amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W5Q3Yal3yQ
Forum Leader First Combined Heart-Liver Transplant Performed at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada February 14, 2008 Diagnosed with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy 1991 and eventual CHF Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all - Dale Carnegie |
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Hostess Rise'
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 13455 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 08:32 am: |
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Hi Meagan Simply breathtaking! There are no other words to describe them. Quite beautiful and they certainly look very healthy. What a beautiful voice for the world hear and shall I mention awareness for CF? Congratulations to Christina and Ali~ I will be watching for them in Las Vegas. There message is pure and oh what an inspiration they are for everyone.
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Patti
Forum Leader Username: Transplantmommy07
Post Number: 1909 Registered: 01-2008
| Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 09:31 am: |
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I was just coming here to post this but I see you got to it before me. I watched it on Youtube this morning since I didn't get to see it last night. They are amazing and I hope they go far!!!
Patti NY..not the city, USA Forum Leader Dxed with Cystic Fibrosis at the age of 6 months Cleveland Clinics 1st double lung and liver Tx, 1/31/07
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Hostess Rise'
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 13474 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 11:25 am: |
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Just thought these two girls had such a professional look to their audition so I decided to search the internet and remembered that Ali looked quite familiar. First I went to the heroes of hope website where I saw her page and then found many other amazing websites. http://www.alichristensen.it/en/about.php I am very impressed with her outlook on life for such a young girl. Her sister has an amazing voice too.
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Hostess Rise'
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 13475 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 11:40 am: |
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Here is where you can listen to Ali's music http://www.myspace.com/alexarae Quite a talent!
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Joe Berry
Forum Leader Username: Joe910
Post Number: 201 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 11:21 am: |
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My wife and I both had tears in our eyes - what a performance, but also what attitudes and inspiration.
Joe Berry, Peoria, IL USA Forum Leader Diagnosed with PSC and UC in 1990 Liver Transplant 10-17-2007 Northwestern Memorial, Chicago, IL |
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Hostess Rise
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 13612 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Friday, July 09, 2010 - 09:09 pm: |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F14ZA8yiOWo&feature=related WOW!! These two sisters ROCK!
Cystic Fibrosis- dx at 2yrs. -2nd double lung tx-05 Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida Debra Fertel MD- Med. Dir. Lung Transplant/Pulmonary Hypertension Programs Si Pham MD, Professor of Surgery, Dir. of Thoracic Transplant & Artificial Heart Program Anas Hadeh MD, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida CF consultant- Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Sharing Knowledge is an Invaluable Experience Transplant Friends & Chat Questions- Contact Hostess Rise' |
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Hostess Rise
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 13683 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 09:29 am: |
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Ali and Christena made it to the finals
Cystic Fibrosis- dx at 2yrs. -2nd double lung tx-05 Debra Fertel MD- Med. Dir. Lung Transplant/Pulmonary Hypertension Programs Jackson Memorial Hospital Si Pham MD, Professor of Surgery, Dir. of Thoracic Transplant & Artificial Heart Program-Miam Transplant Institute Anas Hadeh MD, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida CF consultant- Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Sharing Knowledge is an Invaluable Experience Transplant Friends & Chat Questions- Contact Hostess Rise' |
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Hostess Rise
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 13684 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 09:52 am: |
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Here is the audition from last night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD2gNkh0veA&feature=related
Cystic Fibrosis- dx at 2yrs. -2nd double lung tx-05 Debra Fertel MD- Med. Dir. Lung Transplant/Pulmonary Hypertension Programs Jackson Memorial Hospital Si Pham MD, Professor of Surgery, Dir. of Thoracic Transplant & Artificial Heart Program-Miam Transplant Institute Anas Hadeh MD, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida CF consultant- Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Sharing Knowledge is an Invaluable Experience Transplant Friends & Chat Questions- Contact Hostess Rise' |
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Hostess Rise
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 14209 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 06:18 am: |
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Did you see Christina and Ali last night http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/video/week-13-christina-and-ali/1245796
Cystic Fibrosis- dx at 2yrs. -2nd double lung tx-05 Debra Fertel MD- Med. Dir. Lung Transplant/Pulmonary Hypertension Programs Jackson Memorial Hospital Si Pham MD, Professor of Surgery, Dir. of Thoracic Transplant & Artificial Heart Program-Miam Transplant Institute Anas Hadeh MD, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida CF consultant- Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Sharing Knowledge is an Invaluable Experience Transplant Friends & Chat Questions- Contact Hostess Rise' |
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Meagan
Forum Leader Username: Newheart14
Post Number: 1282 Registered: 01-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 10:26 am: |
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Rise', I saw them and think they are amazing. Unfortunately, the judges didn't give them a good review ... boo to the judges. . Piers is so grumpy and rude don't you think? He buzzes little kids! I hope they don't get voted off tonight as they are both so adorable and have incredible voices. I hope America lets these two girls have their dream. Oops. Please delete this post if I said a bad thing about Piers Morgan ... lol.
Forum Leader Heart-Liver Transplant - February 14, 2008 Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy 1991 and CHF - Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all - Dale Carnegie - Bumps in the road can sometimes be mountains, so I have learned to climb mountains - Meagan
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Hostess Rise
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 14225 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 10:56 am: |
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These girls are precious! I have a feeling they will be SAFE. You can tell from the judges comments. I believe they are gong to keep them around to the end just for CF Awareness and inspiration. Just my prediction. LOL You are too funny. I agree with you that Piers is sort of on the rude side. I have a feeling all of their honest comments are going to come out sounding harsh. After all, isn't Simon behind this show? Simon from American Idol. By the way, I am moving threads again and noticed that your Dancing with the Stars thread is on Good Conversation toward the bottom. Do you want it saved and moved?
Cystic Fibrosis- dx at 2yrs. -2nd double lung tx-05 Debra Fertel MD- Med. Dir. Lung Transplant/Pulmonary Hypertension Programs Jackson Memorial Hospital Si Pham MD, Professor of Surgery, Dir. of Thoracic Transplant & Artificial Heart Program-Miam Transplant Institute Anas Hadeh MD, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida CF consultant- Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Sharing Knowledge is an Invaluable Experience Transplant Friends & Chat Questions- Contact Hostess Rise' |
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Meagan
Forum Leader Username: Newheart14
Post Number: 1284 Registered: 01-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 12:36 pm: |
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Rise', I feel if the judges had their way they would be voted off, but I hope/think the public will vote to keep them because, as you say, it is good for CF awareness, and they are ever so adorable. Yes I think Simon Cowell is one of the producers. Unfortunately these two guys make the Brits look bad. I hope people realize that all Brits are not like those two. I don't think you need to keep that Dancing With The Stars Thread. The new season is starting on September 20. DAP, are you listening? DWTS is starting up again soon. Speaking of dancing, did you watch AGT or just that clip with the sisters? I only ask because they had an eleven year old couple ballroom dancing and they are so talented. Thanks Rise'.
Forum Leader Heart-Liver Transplant - February 14, 2008 Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy 1991 and CHF - Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all - Dale Carnegie - Bumps in the road can sometimes be mountains, so I have learned to climb mountains - Meagan
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Dottie Lessard
Forum Leader Username: Dottie_lessard
Post Number: 89 Registered: 03-2009
| Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 10:21 pm: |
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Way to go girls! As I sit here typing this I have goose bumps...still...the girls did it! Christina and Ali made it to the Top 10 of America's Got Talent! I am SO PROUD and SO HAPPY. This victory, their singing, is so much bigger than just a talent show and just a sister act. It is a testament to what the human spirit can do. A testament to the very thing i try to get across to everyone I work with or talk to-YOU can do and be anything you want if you find your purpose, what you are meant to do and be and engage in that emotion of desire to want it more than anything. When you do this, you open up the doors, the flood gates to the opportunity for you to make it happen. You must walk through, you must believe it from deep down and never let anyone take that belief from you-no matter what just like Christina and Ali. As I watched the girls sing I remembered my own "dou singers"...Me and my Penny. YEP. We sang our little hearts out to Queen "We are the champions" at Penny's grandparents house and my dad will never forgive me for somehow taping over that cassette tape..Sorry AGAIN Dad...I know it is embedded in your heart as it is in mine. The difference was we weren't very good, the similarity, we sang with these lungs others called broken and I can remember when we hit the high and long notes we poked out our chest with pride and made those notes extra long and extra loud to say "na na na na na ...yes we can..." It was a sort of spite in us determined to defy what was expected. And at 13 years old we certainly did. Little Ali resembles my Penny so very much and to see her on that stage standing proud and determined with her sister ignites my soul and comforts my heart. I lost my Penny a week after her 21st birthday and two months before mine. I held her hand as she went to sing, study and breathe easy in heaven. I know that Ali will not have the same story and I am so grateful for that. Thanks to the many people who have committed their life to finding a cure, better treatments, etc for our disease, these two girls can sing their hearts and lungs out for a lifetime to come and I believe they will. The coolest thing... they are making the choice to LIVE FULLY with CF and not allowing anything to stop their dreams and goals. They sing for the joy of it, and they also know they sing for their life, the quality of life they want to live. What courageous and amazing girls. And they don't want to be pitied or treated different, just treated equal while sharing life lessons with the world. I have been blessed to live with Cystic Fibrosis for 43 years and tonight was a very proud moment for me as I watched these girls defy the odds and prove to the world that living with a disability doesn't make you disabled-if you chose to turn the obstacles into steps towards triumph than the disability becomes fuel and even a gift at times to remind yourself and others that the mind, the spirit, the soul, the body can do magic when it is allowed to "step on stage" Please remember that, understand it, embrace it. Sing your hearts out girls and all of america will be cheering you on. My cheers will be loud and full of pride and hope for you to win on the show but more importantly in LIFE. Now I ask you all... think about what choices you can make today for your own song to be heard and celebrated. And I am not talking about "singing" (Lord knows I gave up that talent years ago). I am talking about what you want most in the world, what your hearts desire is...in honor of my Penny and those girls who are singing their hearts out on that stage, defy your odds and sing your song.... I know watching Christina and Ali tonight has made me proud and determined to push through my obstacles more committed than ever to work towards all I can be, do, and become. Thank You Girls for making me proud to be a part of this CF family, LIVE LIFE FULLY, Dottie
Dottie, Author of "The Seven Letters That Saved My Life" Coach, Athlete and Mom to Liam Survivor of Cystic Fibrosis, Double lung transplant 94, Kidney transplant, 03 WholeBodyWellbeing.com ASK DOTTIE... |
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Hostess Rise
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 14238 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 04:31 am: |
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Thank you Dottie for your beautiful comment. WOW! You are a gifted writer. Christina and Ali are very talented and I will pray that will stay to the very end. They have a long career in front of them. They are both darling and look very healthy too. GO GIRLS! The best part is that many people in this world now know about CF wich is truly a gift to Science and to the testament of life. If I was very young and knew I had CF and watched these girls, on TV this would have had a life changing effect on me.
Cystic Fibrosis- dx at 2yrs. -2nd double lung tx-05 Debra Fertel MD- Med. Dir. Lung Transplant/Pulmonary Hypertension Programs Jackson Memorial Hospital Si Pham MD, Professor of Surgery, Dir. of Thoracic Transplant & Artificial Heart Program-Miam Transplant Institute Anas Hadeh MD, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida CF consultant- Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Sharing Knowledge is an Invaluable Experience Transplant Friends & Chat Questions- Contact Hostess Rise' |
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Hostess Rise
Board Administrator Username: Rise
Post Number: 14338 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 02:30 pm: |
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Christina and Ali have their own website. http://christinaandali.com
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