Morgan Barrett

Adult with CF

Morgan lives with her husband, Kory, and twin toddlers, Alder and Winslow, in rural northeast Kansas where she enjoys gardening and chicken-keeping. She has many interests and is always entertaining her curiosity, but her mainstays are spending time outside, reading, writing, photography, and cultivating a relationship with plants. She grew up with two younger siblings, Allison and Mason, who also live with CF. You can follow her on Instagram. P.S. Beets, Bears, Battlestar Galactica.

Blog Posts

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Running amidst the beauty of the Kansas countryside helps improve my lung function and mood and has even kindled a passion inside me for the environment.

Nov. 22, 2019| 6 min read

The expression, “It takes a village,” sometimes seems to apply to my clinic visits. I like having my family accompany me. They support me emotionally and help me keep track of important health information.

Nov. 1, 2019| 4 min read

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Cystic fibrosis is a complex disease that affects each person living with it differently. I think it's so important for us to learn to understand each other, so I've come up with things I wish others knew about me and my specific experiences with CF.

Dec. 13, 2018| 5 min read

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Participating in clinical trials can be scary, but the sense of empowerment you get from knowing that you are contributing to a cure outweighs any second thoughts.

Feb. 7, 2018| 4 min read

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Calling an inpatient stay “ideal” may sound like an oxymoron, but having the things I need to be in better health by the time I head home from a hospital stay is important.

Aug. 9, 2017| 4 min read