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C Moon

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13. Our neighbor slipped down some stairs outside, and had a bad bruise and pain in her ankle.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2026, 05:29 PM

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She never got it looked at.
A month or so later, it was still black and blue and she became ill. She said it got so bad that even her hair hurt.
She ended up in the hospital for a few days. It turned out she acquired sepsis due an internal ankle injury.

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