AUSTIN (KXAN) – What started as a normal day, working and coming home to rest, turned dark for Anthony Sciancalepore. After coming home from a long work week, he got up from his sofa and noticed his left arm had turned purple.
“I went to the hospital that evening, and by that point, the blood flow to my arm had gotten better, like there wasn’t visible discoloration there,” Sciancalepore said. “So, they sent me home. Well, over the next month, it just got worse.”
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Sciancalepore said his chest started to swell.
“My left pectoral was twice the size,” the 28-year-old said…