{"title":"Coby Gent","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"make-it-count-paperback","title":"Make it Count - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was born with a genetic disease called cystic fibrosis (CF). After the age ten, the disease started to take over my body. I was put in a wheelchair and on liquid oxygen. My lungs finally gave out. My family and I moved to the University of North Carolina so I could have a double-lung transplant. In August 1992 I got new lungs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am not going to lie, there were many times when I thought I would die fighting for my last breath on a vent in a hospital. For years I put on a show for people. My smile would cover the physical pain my frail body was going through. I did not want pity, so I faked it. I feel that, since I have a shorter life span than most, I have to live every day like it is my last. I am not mad at CF because I believe God gave it to me to see what I would do with it. I just want to touch and inspire people so when I am gone, they will talk about me for a long time. I have done more at twenty-nine sick than most fifty-year-olds do healthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoby James Gent (July 25, 1979December 23, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67951206465759,"sku":"9781662416958","price":15.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/PzEN47kXze9781662416958.webp?v=1791607914"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/coby-gent.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}