BELLA Ingram will sing for a better future on Saturday, in a bid to find a cure for a disease she’s been racked with since infancy.
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Friday marked 65 Roses day, a drive to end cystic fibrosis, the most common life threatening recessive genetic condition affecting Australian children.
Fourteen-year-old Bella has been learning to play guitar for little more than a year and is champing at the bit to make her busking debut.
“I’m not nervous, it’s important people understand what cystic fibrosis is and that we find a cure,” she said.
“My friends at school know what the disease is and they are supportive, they call when I’m in hospital.
“The sooner we find a cure the better, but in the meantime I’ll work hard to stay healthy.”
The average life expectancy for someone afflicted with cystic fibrosis is 37 and Bella’s regular infections will likely cause scarring and require her to undergo a lung transplant.
However, Bella loves singing and will busk outside Allison Music on Baylis Street from 10.30am on Saturday.
