A Missouri woman waited 50 years to take part in a cherished graduation tradition.Connie Puett graduated from KU in 1972 but she never got to take part in the tradition of walking down the hill to the stadium on graduation day. That is until Sunday."Was walking down the hill everything you thought it would be?" sister station KMBC asked Puett."It was actually more than I thought it would be," said Puett, a retired teacher.Puett graduated in 1972, but because of bad weather on graduation day, everything was moved inside to Allen Fieldhouse. There was no walk down the hill to the stadium like generations of KU grads have done before."It is the tradition at KU to walk through the campanile and, you know, down the hill to graduation," Puett said.It wasn't just the class of ‘72. The class of 1970 never got to walk down the hill either.So when the KU Alumni Association began planning 50-year class reunions, the university said yes, allowing those graduates the chance to finally walk on Sunday with the class of 2022.For Puett, who's spent the last 50 years watching her husband, son, daughter, and her daughter-in-law walk down the KU hill, this was a big deal.“And it was just after walking through, I wasn't sure what to expect, you know, walking down the, I was always on the other side on the lawn, cheering on family members," Puett said. "You know, it's like it really went too fast except it like took forever to get all of these graduates down the hill so it was awesome."Puett said she is forever grateful to the KU Alumni Association. They tried to do that two years ago, but COVID-19 got in the way. There were about 60 graduates who finally walked down the hill. There were some anxious moments, especially when it rained early Sunday but the sun came out and it was a wonderful day.

An Oklahoma woman is still waiting for a life-saving machine after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recalled millions of the device.One of the largest manufacturers of machines that help people with sleep apnea has been recalled. An FDA investigation found that some of the machines were potentially releasing cancer-causing particles or chemicals.The recall started back in June, but those who are dependent on these lifesaving devices are still waiting for their replacement.Dr. Juanita Johnson has been waiting for over a month for a CPAP machine. She has relied on her machine to sleep safely after she suffered a stroke back in 2018."It's extremely important. I don't think I would have survived if it were not for the CPAP," Johnson said.However, for the past month, she has been without the machine. She has had to sleep upright since her CPAP machine went up in smoke."I was asleep and I woke up cause I could smell something. My CPAP machine was smoking," Johnson said.She has been trying to replace it ever since, but she can’t find one anywhere."When I called the place that I got it, the insurance paid for it, they told me there was a shortage and they didn't know when they'd be able to get another one," Johnson said.Some medical supply companies have said the massive recall has left their shelves empty."Yeah, we're still waiting. I mean, the last CPAP we had here was probably, oh gosh, a couple months ago?" said Connor Reyburn, a sales associate at Lindsey Medical Supply in Edmond, Oklahoma.Philips Respironics had to recall 34 million CPAP, BIPAP and other ventilators after the FDA found the foam used to reduce sound and vibration in the devices could degrade and enter the air pathway, which could potentially leave people to breathe in life-threatening foam particles or chemicals.Philips is in the repair process, but now millions with sleep apnea are left waiting and sleeping in fear."I think that may be why I don't sleep well. I get concerned about- they find people dead, ya know? I know it's serious," Johnson said.Philips expects the repair process to take a year, hopefully wrapping up this September.Johnson received some good news, though, and her new CPAP machine is expected to be delivered Friday.You can see if your device is part of the recall here or here. Watch the video above for the full story.