Breathing Through a Straw - by Mark William Sheehan (Paperback)

Breathing Through a Straw is a heart-wrenching yet hopeful memoir of a father's unwavering determination to save his son's life despite being dealt a genetic death sentence at birth.

Mark Sheehan recounts the devastating news that their 6-month-old son Cody has cystic fibrosis, a disease that would likely kill him before his teenage years.

Despite the grim prognosis, the family refuses to give up and embarks on a journey to find new treatments and support the search for a cure.

With good humor and emotion, Sheehan shares their struggles, triumphs, and the constant cycle of medications, therapies, and hospitalizations that come with raising a child with a chronic illness.

Through Cody's story, readers will find living, breathing hope for those battling cystic fibrosis.