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  • Police Officer Bitten by Drunk Years Ago is Stricken With Hepatitis C

    06/11/2010 4:05:34 PM PDT · by Dallas59 · 12 replies · 438+ views
    Star Telegram ^ | 6/11/2010 | DEANNA BOYD
    Truman Bradshaw's troubles began when a drunken man bit his arm 24 years ago.The then-Blue Mound police officer treated his wound with hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol but the damage, he would learn later, had already been done. Bradshaw contracted hepatitis C through the bite. Last fall, he learned the virus had developed into cirrhosis of the liver and Stage 4 liver cancer. Now 57, Bradshaw sleeps with his cellphone on his pillow, hoping for news that his wait for a liver transplant is over. He has chosen the fight song from Texas Tech — where he went to...