(WTSP-TV) Seminole Heights, Florida -- A Seminole Heights woman who moved to the United States from Cuba in 1994 got a pit in her stomach this past December when doctors showed her a dark spot on her lung.
But it turns out the pit may have been the problem.
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For 28 years, Blanca Riveron suffered from a debilitating, nagging cough. Her breathing was labored. Doctors treated her countless times for asthma and pneumonia.
"It's been horrible. My life had just been horrible," said Riveron.
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