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Danielle Smiley

"I didn't have insurance. I couldn't stay on my parents' insurance. I would suffer with it until I couldn't suffer with it anymore. At that time, they would give me a breathing tube. They would prescribe me Prednisone or some sort of Albuterol emergency inhaler, which was fine when they gave it... Matt Sturdevant Hartford Courant