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Baked Potato

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3. When I had the appendix removed, the therapists were really pushing

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Mon May 18, 2020, 09:09 PM

May 2020

me to do the deep breathing exercises with a plastic device. The device had a little ball in a tube you had to bring up by breathing in. It was all to open the lungs and prevent fluid buildup in the lungs after surgery. I can see that helping prevent pneumonia.

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When I had the appendix removed, the therapists were really pushing Baked Potato May 2020 #3