416. Laughing with COPD as she waits for a double lung transplant. Meet Tammy Ecker.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); background: rgb(228, 230, 235);"> Tammy Ecker needs a double lung transplant. She is in the final stages of COPD which has lived with for over 10 years.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style= "color: #050505; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "background-color: rgb(228, 230, 235);">She has raised theree girls on her own, went through two abusive marriages. Tammy and her sisters where also raised by a divorced mother. When she moved in her 1980's trailer in the year 2000 she had to rebuild it. Tammy said she <span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); background: rgb(228, 230, 235);"> moved in on a wing and a prayer. Had no refrigerator. No stove. Used an ice chest and cooked outside on a grill. </span></span></span> <span style= "color: #050505; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "background-color: rgb(228, 230, 235);">Today because of COPD she is on the list for a double lung transplant. During all of this she has kept her sense of humor and explains why and how she has done it.</span></span> <span style= "color: #050505; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "background-color: rgb(228, 230, 235);">Presently, s</span></span><span style= "color: #050505; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "background-color: rgb(228, 230, 235);">he has alot to live for with three daughters, five grand kids, two neices and her man Gene McGuire.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="background-color: rgb(228, 230, 235);">Tammy continues to go through it all with a sense of humor and now she could use you dollars and cents. She has set up a go fund me page as she kindly asks for your generous help. As Tammy states, "<span style= "color: #050505; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style= "background-color: rgb(228, 230, 23