LORD, CALM ME 7-6-15

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I live with a diagnosis of  COPD, asthma, and chronic respiratory failure.
I'm at my apt, trying to maintain a quality of life, here with my friends.
Really, I just trying to stay alive!
                         Evelyn Pinto
                         July 6, 2015

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