Laughter is the Best Chest PT: Donor Dash

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Thursday, November 21, 2019

Donor Dash!

Current goal: do the real Donor Dash this year instead of the inpatient version! Time to start training!!

Also, if anyone wants to see last year's inpatient donor dash, I actually recorded it for posterity: https://youtu.be/t7tZO8gqt0Y

Gift of Life Donor Dash 2020

About the Name

Chest PT is one of the most common treatments for CF, in which the chest is pounded on either by hand or using a machine to help break up the congestion and make it easier to cough out. When I was around 13 years old, during one hospitalization I became friends with two other girls who had CF. This was before they knew about the risks of cross-infection, so the three of us spent every day hanging out in each other’s rooms talking and laughing up a storm. Inevitably, the laughter would lead to all three of us launching into massive coughing fits, similar to the effects of chest PT. And so, “Laughter is the best chest PT” quickly became our catchphrase.