Cystic Fibrosis hurts the sufferer and the family.
The knock on effects of this life threatening disease can be devastating.
The burden of guilt overwhelming.
When one member of a family has an incurable disease, the knock on effect can be far reaching.
Strategies for dealing with the problem range from being over protective to complete denial. The situation becomes unworkable and the family unit disintegrates.
Clare has to accept that her marriage is crumbling. She also has to learn to let her daughter take control of her own health.
Hannah needs to find a way of becoming independent and coping with her illness, but at the same time does not want to hurt her mother.
Mike has been pretending that there is nothing wrong with his daughter. In the process he had closed down his emotional side, not wanting to expose himself to pain.
Edward the older brother has been the strong supportive one, but he cracks under the strain, the question is will someone notice and pick up the pieces in time.