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Det.
Sudler:
Okay. ,
Johnson:
So it’s a strange looking bruise. It doesn’t look
just like.. .you know.. .bumped on something. It’s a
characteristic strange looking kind of bruise and
that’s one. .that’s one of the things that tipped me
off that this was sepsis. It’s hard to.. .it’s hard
-
to explain. It looks like a bruise because what
happens is the little blood’ vessels...they burst...
they get inflamed and they.. .they burst. And so
-
you do get areas of bruising.. .you know. Any...
the. . .the blood vessels get really really fragile.
Det.
Sudler:
Like a petechial hemorrhage?
Johnson:
Yeah.
Det.
Sudler:
Something like that. -
Johnson:
Yeah.
•Det.
Sudler:
It has that look?
Johnson: -
It does like early on but then. . .you know. . .as...
-
-as. . .a bruise is just blood. . .you know. . .being loose
under the skin.
Det.
Sudler:
Uh Huh.
Johnson:
And after a certain point.. .you know.. .you-can’t
see the little tiny petechia anymore and it just
looks like. . .you know. . .an area bruise. You can’t
-
. . .you can’t see the. . .the difference.
Det.
Carrasq:
Where were those at?
Johnson:
Like over. . .you know.. .over her knuckles.. .on...
over her elbows.. .upon. . .upon at least one hip I
-
- saw...I saw a bruise. Any place where.. .like if
she was.. . if she was lying in bed with pressure
on this point.. .you know.. .the blood...the blood
vessels will be so fragile that everywhere that
she puts pressure that they would burst if she’d get.. .you know. . .get areas of bruising. Yeah...

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