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Old 05-15-2008, 10:26 AM   #5 (permalink)
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There was a very nice man with a hole in his trach that used to come into the store where I used to work. He had a permanent cannula or something to keep the hole open. He had to cover it with his finger to talk. I thought it was cool!! He was a super nice guy, too.
I asked one of the SGTs over at the jail just now about him. Yes, it was throat cancer and he has to depress the hole to talk but..... SGT says that it bleeds when he does that so as he's talking, his finger is getting all bloody. Ewww! Sooooooo glad I ask him about this guy.
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