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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Eleanor Fleming

Musician credits ‘miracle’ drug for changing her life overnight and gives birth to healthy baby boy

A woman with cystic fibrosis who was told “you haven’t got many years to live” in her early 20s when her lung function dropped to 25 per cent and thought she would never start a family due to her reduced life expectancy has credited a “miracle” drug for changing her life overnight and allowing her to give birth to a healthy baby boy.

Bryony Prior, 29, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) – a genetic condition which causes sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive system – when she was six.

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