Goodbye My Old Friend
We drove to Huntsville yesterday to say good bye to one of my best friends.
By the time, you read this Tommy probably will have passed away. The doctor said he wouldn't make it through the weekend.
Just in his early 70's, I watched him decline over the past five years from a terrible disease that robbed him of his breath -- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.) You can read about it here.
COPD is the 4th leading killer in America killing more women than men. But 80-90 percent of all COPD sufferers are (or have been) smokers. Tommy smoked for 30 years. Even though he stopped 25 years ago, the damage was done.
After moving to Alabama, Tommy had become my friend, confidante and advisor...
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