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Things were looking pretty dark for Ben Askren in late May 2025. ‘Funky’ was hospitalized for severe pneumonia and was unresponsive. He was put under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a life support system for people with severe cardiac or respiratory issues. Later on, his pneumonia worsened, and he required a lung transplant…
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Things were looking pretty dark for Ben Askren in late May 2025. ‘Funky’ was hospitalized for severe pneumonia and was unresponsive. He was put under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a life support system for people with severe cardiac or respiratory issues. Later on, his pneumonia worsened, and he required a lung transplant…
