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Weathering on through the season
How in the world did I ever get in this shape? I was going along comfortably in my holler home when disaster struck. I had developed pleurisy after recent surgery and was taking Phenergan along with codeine and attributed my stumbling walk and slurred speech to the medicine. When I got up Saturday morning, I was still slurring my speech and walking with a stumbling gait. I made my way to the kitchen table where my son Andy was already seated. He took one look at my drooping mouth and exclaimed, "Mommy's had a stroke!"
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Weathering on through the season
How in the world did I ever get in this shape? I was going along comfortably in my holler home when disaster struck. I had developed pleurisy after recent surgery and was taking Phenergan along with codeine and attributed my stumbling walk and slurred speech to the medicine. When I got up Saturday morning, I was still slurring my speech and walking with a stumbling gait. I made my way to the kitchen table where my son Andy was already seated. He took one look at my drooping mouth and exclaimed, "Mommy's had a stroke!"
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