It Should’ve Been a Routine Procedure. Instead, a Young Mother Became a Victim of Texas’s Broken Medical System.

For as long as anyone could remember, Kimberly Ray had shown a soft spot for animals. When she was five years old, she discovered a newly hatched starling that had tumbled from its nest and was distraught when she couldn’t nurse it back to health. Years later, while visiting a shelter to help a friend pick out a dog, she saw a pit bull puppy and adopted her on the spot because she was afraid no one else would. So it was no surprise when Kimberly, a brunette with apple cheeks and a giggly laugh, landed a job at a pet supply store in her early twenties. She happily spent her days bathing dogs, but just a few months into the gig, she tweaked something…

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