What Happens When You Escape Death?

Jimmy Menkhaus, 42, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at birth and believed for years that he’d die in his mid-30s. (Photo by Sarah Rice for The Free Press)
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Today in The Free Press, we bring you the extraordinary story of Jimmy Menkaus.
Until recently, all the big decisions Jimmy had made in his life were defined by the fact he had cystic fibrosis. The disease meant he’d be dead by his mid-thirties. In light of this, Jimmy was in a hurry to make sense of his short life. He wanted to know what it meant and w…
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