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Beacool

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16. It wasn't the regular flu.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 23, 2014, 11:14 AM

Apr 2014

She and some of her staffers got a norovirus infection in one of their trips. The norovirus can dehydrate a person very quickly. She had the misfortune of fainting in the bathroom. A tiled floor is not easy on the head. Ergo the concussion that caused the rare blood clot behind her ear.

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excellent quote! CTyankee Apr 2014 #14

It wasn't the regular flu. Beacool Apr 2014 #16

I always wondered if she was alone when that happened... CTyankee Apr 2014 #17

I think that she was alone. Beacool Apr 2014 #19

Pretty scary. She could have bled out on the bathroom floor... CTyankee Apr 2014 #20

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