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retrospect. . .you know. . .now that I know what was happening with the pulmonary embolism. . . there was one time about twenty minutes before we got to the
- -
hospital that I heard her breathing pick up.
And
it was deeper and it was faster than usual.
And
- then it settled right back down to where it was. If I had to guess, that’s the.. .that’s the time that
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the. . . that’s one of the symptoms of a pulmonary
embolism. -
Det.
Sudler:
Okay.
Johnson: One has.. .has trouble breathing and it.. .they...
-
they automatically will.. .will breathe. . .you know...
a lot faster. So if I had to guess, that was. . .that was when it happened. . . that that broke off and blew -
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up into her lung. -
Det. Sudler:
Okay. That’s one of the symptoms of it. . .that...
the heavy breathing I guess? - . -
Johnson:
Uh Huh.
Det. Sudler:
Her. . .her breathing before that had been shallow
or..?
Johnson:
Just. . .just regular.
Det. Sudler:
Regular?
- Johnson:
Yeah. -
Det. Sudler:
Airight. And would you characterIze that as gasps
for air or just regular...?
Johnson:
I. .1 can show you.. .no, it was. . .it was more like
HHHHHH. . -. .HHHHHH.. .HHHHHH. . . .EHHHH...
Det. Sudler:
Okay. And she did that? -
- Johnson:-
Yeah, for about fifteen;or twenty seconds and
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then settled back down to.. .you know. . .what...
-
- but I didn’t hear anything different at that ‘point
from where I was.
Det. Sudler: Okay. - -

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