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Hay True Advocates. I'm here to
tell you all about an all new suspense
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00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:09.839
driven podcast, Mister Balin's Medical Mysteries. It's hosted by mister Balin, one
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of the Internet's most popular storytellers.
Why medical mysteries, Well, we've all
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00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:20.320
been there, turning to the Internet
to self diagnose inexplicable pains, debilitating body
5
00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:25.280
aches, sudden fevers, and strange
rashes. Though our minds spiral to worst
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00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:29.320
case scenarios, it's usually nothing,
but for an unlucky few, these symptoms
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00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:35.679
can start the clock ticking on a
terrifying medical mystery. Each week on mister
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00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:41.399
Balin's Medical Mysteries, you can expect
bizarre, unheard of diseases, miraculous recoveries,
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00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:46.679
strange medical mishaps, and everything in
between, like the unexplainable death of
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00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:52.200
a retired firefighter whose body was reduced
to ashes even though nothing around him burned.
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Or the time when an entire town
became ill with nausea and chills.
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00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:02.159
The local doctor initially chalked it up
to being food poisoning until people started jumping
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from buildings and seeing tigers on their
ceilings. Each terrifying true story will be
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sure to keep you up at night. I'm about to play a clip from
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mister Balin's Medical Mysteries while you're listening. Follow mister Balin's Medical Mysteries on Amazon
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Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Wonder. On a humid summer morning
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in June nineteen ninety nine, thirty
six year old Sanju Bagat was hard at
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work on a farm outside of Nagpur, a city in central India. The
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sun had just risen and the air
was already so hot that he found it
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hard to breathe. Sanju and a
group of farm hands were hard at work
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tending to the soybean crops. He
made his way through the field, stopping
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to catch his breath every few steps. Sanju moved a lot slower than his
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coworkers because of his massive belly.
For the past fifteen years, Sanju had
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struggled beneath the weight of his ever
growing stomach. At first, when he
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was in his early twenties, his
family had thought he was just filling out
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a little, like all young men
do when they become adults. But Sanju's
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stomach didn't stop growing. It kept
getting bigger and bigger, until it had
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swelled to the size of a massive
watermelon, but his arms and legs stayed
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stick thin. He never understood why
his belly kept growing since he didn't eat
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much. By the time Sanju reached
his early thirties, he was in constant
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pain, and his family desperately wanted
him to see a doctor, but he
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couldn't afford to take time off of
work, although deep down he had to
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admit he was a little scared of
what the doctor might find. The sun
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beat down on Sonju's head and he
could feel his chest tighten. He tried
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to keep working, but today it
was harder to breathe than usual. No
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matter how deeply he inhaled, he
couldn't quite catch his breath. Finally,
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he dropped his shovel in double gasping
for air. Sanju gathered what little strength
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he had left and stood up straight. He could feel other farm workers eyes
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on him as he gathered his tools
and headed home. It was the longest
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walk of Sanju's life. He felt
humiliated and useless, but he was also
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afraid. He could barely take a
breath. By the time he got to
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the small home he shared with his
family, he nearly fell through the front
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door. The last thing he remembered
was falling hard on the tile floor.
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Early the next morning, doctor Aje
Mehta had just started his shift in the
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oncology ward at Tata Memorial Hospital.
He was alerted that a new patient named
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Sanju Bargat had been brought in all
the way from Nagpur and that he needed
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to be seen right away. Doctor
Mehta hurried over to Sanju's room. If
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someone was rushed in an ambulance from
so far away, it had to be
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a serious emergency. As soon as
doctor Meta examined Sanju's giant, swollen belly,
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he instructed the nurse to prepare the
operating room for surgery. Doctor Meta
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was a specialist in tumor removal and
he was certain that Sanju had a massive
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tumor in his stomach, possibly the
biggest one he'd ever seen. The tumor
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was likely pressing against Sanju's diaphragm,
which was why he couldn't breathe, and
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given how big it was and Sanju's
weakened condition, the tumor had to be
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removed immediately. While another nurse prepped
Sanju for the operation, doctor Meta gathered
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his surgical team and headed to the
operating room. As they sterilized their hands
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and put on clean scrubs, Doctor
Meta warned them that the tumor's sheer size
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would make this a very challenging operation. There was a risk of damaging the
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soft tissue in Sanju's stomach, his
nerve endings, or blood vessels. In
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the worst case, the surgery could
cause severe enturn, bleeding, or even
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death. A few minutes later,
Sanju was wheeled into the operating room on
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a gurney. Once he was under
anesthesia, doctor Meida called for a scalpel.
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He placed one hand on Sanju's stomach
for leverage, then he cut into
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Sanju's belly. After the blade broke
through Sanju's skin and opened up his chest
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area, doctor Meida expected to see
blood in a bright red mass of cancerous
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cells. Instead, gallons of thick, yellowish fluid gushed from Sanju's stomach,
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spilling onto the floor. The entire
surgical team gasped. Doctor Meida jumped out
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of the way, trying to avoid
the surge of bile. It had a
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foul odor that made everyone in the
room start to gag. Nurses ran toward
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him with towels, trying to sop
up the putrid smelling liquid. While they
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cleaned up the mess, Doctor Meda
remained calm and carefully inserted his hand into
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00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:05.959
Sanju's stomach to locate the tumor.
At first, all he felt was thick,
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00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:13.800
jelly like fluids sliding between his fingers. Then he grazed something unusual.
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His eyes went wide as he dove
a little deeper, his palm wrapped around
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something soft but with a brittle core. He realized this was not a tumor.
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Whatever was in Sanju's stomach had bones, a lot of them. Doctor
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madis jaw dropped as his hand explored
the object floating in Sanju's stomach. He
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grabbed onto one of the tiny bones
and began to slowly pull it up and
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00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:48.000
out of Sonju's stomach. As he
lifted the bizarre object into the air,
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00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:59.199
he could hear more gasps from everyone
in the room. Hey, Prime members,
81
00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:03.360
you can bene the first eight episodes
of Mister Balin's Medical Mysteries right now
82
00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:08.639
and ad free on Amazon Music.
Download the Amazon Music app today,
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00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:04.440
Hay True Advocates. I'm here to
tell you all about an all new suspense
2
00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:09.839
driven podcast, Mister Balin's Medical Mysteries. It's hosted by mister Balin, one
3
00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:15.160
of the Internet's most popular storytellers.
Why medical mysteries, Well, we've all
4
00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:20.320
been there, turning to the Internet
to self diagnose inexplicable pains, debilitating body
5
00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:25.280
aches, sudden fevers, and strange
rashes. Though our minds spiral to worst
6
00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:29.320
case scenarios, it's usually nothing,
but for an unlucky few, these symptoms
7
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:35.679
can start the clock ticking on a
terrifying medical mystery. Each week on mister
8
00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:41.399
Balin's Medical Mysteries, you can expect
bizarre, unheard of diseases, miraculous recoveries,
9
00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:46.679
strange medical mishaps, and everything in
between, like the unexplainable death of
10
00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:52.200
a retired firefighter whose body was reduced
to ashes even though nothing around him burned.
11
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.399
Or the time when an entire town
became ill with nausea and chills.
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00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:02.159
The local doctor initially chalked it up
to being food poisoning until people started jumping
13
00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:07.439
from buildings and seeing tigers on their
ceilings. Each terrifying true story will be
14
00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:10.280
sure to keep you up at night. I'm about to play a clip from
15
00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:15.640
mister Balin's Medical Mysteries while you're listening. Follow mister Balin's Medical Mysteries on Amazon
16
00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:26.959
Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Wonder. On a humid summer morning
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00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:32.680
in June nineteen ninety nine, thirty
six year old Sanju Bagat was hard at
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00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:37.079
work on a farm outside of Nagpur, a city in central India. The
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00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.599
sun had just risen and the air
was already so hot that he found it
20
00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.359
hard to breathe. Sanju and a
group of farm hands were hard at work
21
00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.200
tending to the soybean crops. He
made his way through the field, stopping
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00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.920
to catch his breath every few steps. Sanju moved a lot slower than his
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00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:57.680
coworkers because of his massive belly.
For the past fifteen years, Sanju had
24
00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:02.560
struggled beneath the weight of his ever
growing stomach. At first, when he
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00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:07.040
was in his early twenties, his
family had thought he was just filling out
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00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:09.759
a little, like all young men
do when they become adults. But Sanju's
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00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:14.960
stomach didn't stop growing. It kept
getting bigger and bigger, until it had
28
00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:19.680
swelled to the size of a massive
watermelon, but his arms and legs stayed
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00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:23.120
stick thin. He never understood why
his belly kept growing since he didn't eat
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00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:29.319
much. By the time Sanju reached
his early thirties, he was in constant
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00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.439
pain, and his family desperately wanted
him to see a doctor, but he
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00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:37.520
couldn't afford to take time off of
work, although deep down he had to
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00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:42.879
admit he was a little scared of
what the doctor might find. The sun
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00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:46.879
beat down on Sonju's head and he
could feel his chest tighten. He tried
35
00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.599
to keep working, but today it
was harder to breathe than usual. No
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00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:58.560
matter how deeply he inhaled, he
couldn't quite catch his breath. Finally,
37
00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:02.919
he dropped his shovel in double gasping
for air. Sanju gathered what little strength
38
00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:08.840
he had left and stood up straight. He could feel other farm workers eyes
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00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:14.560
on him as he gathered his tools
and headed home. It was the longest
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00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:19.280
walk of Sanju's life. He felt
humiliated and useless, but he was also
41
00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:23.479
afraid. He could barely take a
breath. By the time he got to
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00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:27.759
the small home he shared with his
family, he nearly fell through the front
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00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:30.840
door. The last thing he remembered
was falling hard on the tile floor.
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00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:40.319
Early the next morning, doctor Aje
Mehta had just started his shift in the
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00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:46.479
oncology ward at Tata Memorial Hospital.
He was alerted that a new patient named
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00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:51.080
Sanju Bargat had been brought in all
the way from Nagpur and that he needed
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00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:55.439
to be seen right away. Doctor
Mehta hurried over to Sanju's room. If
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someone was rushed in an ambulance from
so far away, it had to be
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00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:05.680
a serious emergency. As soon as
doctor Meta examined Sanju's giant, swollen belly,
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00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:11.319
he instructed the nurse to prepare the
operating room for surgery. Doctor Meta
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00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:15.840
was a specialist in tumor removal and
he was certain that Sanju had a massive
52
00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:19.560
tumor in his stomach, possibly the
biggest one he'd ever seen. The tumor
53
00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:25.360
was likely pressing against Sanju's diaphragm,
which was why he couldn't breathe, and
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00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:29.759
given how big it was and Sanju's
weakened condition, the tumor had to be
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00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:36.879
removed immediately. While another nurse prepped
Sanju for the operation, doctor Meta gathered
56
00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:43.360
his surgical team and headed to the
operating room. As they sterilized their hands
57
00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.959
and put on clean scrubs, Doctor
Meta warned them that the tumor's sheer size
58
00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:51.839
would make this a very challenging operation. There was a risk of damaging the
59
00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:57.079
soft tissue in Sanju's stomach, his
nerve endings, or blood vessels. In
60
00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:00.240
the worst case, the surgery could
cause severe enturn, bleeding, or even
61
00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:09.079
death. A few minutes later,
Sanju was wheeled into the operating room on
62
00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:13.639
a gurney. Once he was under
anesthesia, doctor Meida called for a scalpel.
63
00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.680
He placed one hand on Sanju's stomach
for leverage, then he cut into
64
00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:25.480
Sanju's belly. After the blade broke
through Sanju's skin and opened up his chest
65
00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:30.560
area, doctor Meida expected to see
blood in a bright red mass of cancerous
66
00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:38.000
cells. Instead, gallons of thick, yellowish fluid gushed from Sanju's stomach,
67
00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:43.360
spilling onto the floor. The entire
surgical team gasped. Doctor Meida jumped out
68
00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:46.040
of the way, trying to avoid
the surge of bile. It had a
69
00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:50.279
foul odor that made everyone in the
room start to gag. Nurses ran toward
70
00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:56.040
him with towels, trying to sop
up the putrid smelling liquid. While they
71
00:05:56.040 --> 00:06:00.160
cleaned up the mess, Doctor Meda
remained calm and carefully inserted his hand into
72
00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:05.959
Sanju's stomach to locate the tumor.
At first, all he felt was thick,
73
00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:13.800
jelly like fluids sliding between his fingers. Then he grazed something unusual.
74
00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:17.519
His eyes went wide as he dove
a little deeper, his palm wrapped around
75
00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:24.680
something soft but with a brittle core. He realized this was not a tumor.
76
00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:32.399
Whatever was in Sanju's stomach had bones, a lot of them. Doctor
77
00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:39.000
madis jaw dropped as his hand explored
the object floating in Sanju's stomach. He
78
00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:42.920
grabbed onto one of the tiny bones
and began to slowly pull it up and
79
00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:48.000
out of Sonju's stomach. As he
lifted the bizarre object into the air,
80
00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:59.199
he could hear more gasps from everyone
in the room. Hey, Prime members,
81
00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:03.360
you can bene the first eight episodes
of Mister Balin's Medical Mysteries right now
82
00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:08.639
and ad free on Amazon Music.
Download the Amazon Music app today,
