Erik Johnson was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a disease that causes lung infections and limits the ability to breathe, when he was 6 months old.

Erik Johnson was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a disease that causes lung infections and limits the ability to breathe, when he was 6 months old.

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Erik Johnson and his classmates have been learning how to make shapes with straws.