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She's baaaack - now referring to it as an ankle cast.

Posted By: jss on 2008-11-09
In Reply to: 2nd post - s/l Shawn's wrap - jss

Subject: She's baaaack - now referring to it as an ankle cast.

Again no fracture or anything. Impression is a crush injury. No she refers to it as an ankle cast instead of wrap. Why do the repeat the problem words over and over and over again!? lol


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