We didn't find out until we were on the plane for 20 minutes where we were going. I don't want to just stay sitting around doing nothing. I want to work.

It feels great just to get out of the city. We were in my house for 10 or 11 days under water. The water's contaminated. It smells bad. There's no electricity -- nothing!

In patients with COPD, even moderate but certainly more severe COPD, each breath is something they have to focus on. They have to understand what they can and can't do within the course of the day, based on their breathing.

Cigarette smoking is the biggest risk factor for COPD in the United States.