Couple's adoption journey intertwines suffering and joy

After getting married in 2016, they wanted children — they’d both been married before and knew they were getting a late start. But Joy, 39, didn’t think she could get pregnant. She has cystic fibrosis — which, thanks to recent medical advances, can now be treated by drugs that control the disease’s thick, sticky mucus, which can cause life-threatening respiratory problems.

“My life expectancy when I was born was 18,” said Joy. “I always wanted to get married and be a mom, but I didn’t know if I would live long enough.”

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Meaghan Lane