{"id":5416,"date":"2024-05-31T09:35:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teamimpact.org\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2024-05-31T10:11:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:11:21","slug":"cystic-fibrosis-month-karen-swartz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamimpact.org\/about\/blog\/cystic-fibrosis-month-karen-swartz\/","title":{"rendered":"Cystic Fibrosis Month: Karen Swartz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The following excerpt was provided by Karen Swartz. Karen Swartz, CCLS, is a certified child life specialist in the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Hasbro Children&#8217;s Hospital. She serves Team IMPACT&#8217;s Medical Advisory Board and recently shared how Team IMPACT can offer motivation, support and fun to improve quality of life for children with CF and their families.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was fortunate to learn about Team IMPACT when it was still in the process of being formed.\u00a0As\u00a0a board member of\u00a0a regional child life group, I was asked to provide input and expertise in working with children in the hospital and how Team IMPACT could benefit our patients.\u00a0My\u00a0first instinct was to protect the athletes. When\u00a0these athletes chose to play in\u00a0college\u00a0they didn&#8217;t sign up for this experience. I\u00a0asked questions of how athletes would be prepared and supported and how families could create relationships and manage healthy boundaries with the players. I\u00a0then attended my first Team IMPACT Gala, sat with a family, and heard athletes and parents speak about their personal experiences and the &#8220;IMPACT&#8221; this program was having. It\u00a0is more about one of my patients attending a game and saying hi to the players. It\u00a0is having a team in your corner, lifting\u00a0not only you but\u00a0your whole family up, providing support, and cheering you on. For\u00a0the players, it is learning that there is a world beyond the game, they\u00a0learn empathy and a new definition for the word teammate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karen-Cora.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5425 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karen-Cora-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karen-Cora-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karen-Cora-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karen-Cora-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karen-Cora-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamimpact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Karen-Cora-scaled.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;It is [about] having a team in your corner.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Karen Swartz, Child Life Specialist<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) can be challenging both physically and emotionally. 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