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The Globe and Mail CONTENT FROM A RESEARCH-BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY Published February 17, 2021
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Think of healthy lungs like a wet sponge. A wet sponge is easy to squeeze, then quickly expands back to full size - much like easily taking a breath. Now, imagine a dry sponge. A dry sponge is like scarred and stiff lung tissue.
1 It has very little flexibility and makes it difficult to breathe normally.
This is similar to what people living with progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease (PF-ILD) experience every day. PF-ILD is a rare condition and a subset of interstitial lung disease (ILD). A patient develops a ‘progressive fibrosing phenotype’,
It is with very heavy hearts that the children of Ellwood Gerald (Rudy) Hanson announce his sudden passing on December 25, 2020 at his home at 330 Lillie Street North in Thunder Bay.
Born in Huntoon, Saskatchewan on February 18, 1928, Ellwood came to Fort William in 1948 and worked for Manitoba Pool Grain Elevators for 45 years until his retirement in 1993. Along with his mother, brothers and sisters, Ellwood was a dedicated chronicler and storyteller of the Hanson family history, and dearly loved the family reunions that had been held for decades. He loved his friends, his church, gardening, music, cooking and baking, crossword puzzles, Jeopardy and a good game of cribbage.