By Zachary Rickard, Spring Hill College

Michael McMyne is the kind of guy who keeps his promises. Especially a promise like the one he made on a hospital bed five years ago where he lay battling a life threatening lung disease.

Michael, a public relations major at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., had struggled with serious health problems for several years before traveling from Louisiana to see a specialist in Colorado. The treatment he received at that hospital not only saved his life but also changed it forever.