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Beating the Odds: Making every breath count

Posted at 11:16 AM, Nov 14, 2016
and last updated 2016-11-14 13:58:26-05

Imagine finding out on your birthday that you may only have a couple more years to live. What would you do? How would you live your life after hearing that kind of news? For Alejandro Puebla, it became a challenge to beat the odds.

It was on his birthday in 2011 that he found out he had pulmonary fibrosis, a rare lung disease with no cure.  Initially, doctors told him he had one to three years to live. That was now five years ago.

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