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'Living While Dying' episode 6: Shedding skins

Cathy Wurzer

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Bruce Kramer
David EK Hollins checks over his handiwork and gently massages his father Bruce Kramer's face after a shave Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 at Kramer's home in Hopkins.
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Bruce Kramer describes how he adjusts mentally to the changes in his physical capabilities brought on by the progression of ALS. He likens it to a snake shedding its skin.

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