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In 2006, an outgoing and healthy Andrea King became very sick. My friends told me they thought I was dying, King said. I said to my family medical doctor, I feel like there is something in my blood. It is like my blood is angry.
12:07 AM, May 2, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In 2006, an outgoing and healthy Andrea King became very sick. "My friends told me they thought I was dying," King said. "I said to my family medical doctor, I feel like there is something in my blood. It is like my blood is angry." 

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