# @thepittnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Aq1mgDZ86
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19080136-thepittnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/9bf0743590.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-04-15T17:48:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Pitt News (@thepittnews) — https://gondola.cc/thepittnews

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Thompson, the associate director of student engagement within Pitt Business, was born with cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that affects the lungs and pancreas. As Thompson’s doctors told him, most people with cystic fibrosis die young, but Thompson just turned 35 and is in relatively good health — thanks in part to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. #silhouettes2020
Story by staff columnist deviruia 
Photo by theodschwarz

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