# Leonard's “Traumatic for Both of Us” Story

Leonard’s smoking-related COPD made breathing more difficult over time. As he grew weaker, Leonard and his wife, Susan, feared that each trip to the emergency room could be his last. In this video, Susan describes how managing Leonard’s illness affected both of their lives.

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- Kind: Short
- Year: 2019
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonard%27s_%E2%80%9CTraumatic_for_Both_of_Us%E2%80%9D_Story.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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