"Luka had a pain in his stomach and needed an appendix operation, " Redknapp explained.

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But Jean still gripped his stomach with his hands and clenched his face in pain to convey the urgency of his hunger.

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To deal with the pain, he had a pump implanted in his stomach that he refills with narcotics every five weeks.

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The bullet went through his stomach and left him with weakened muscles on his right side and chronic back pain.

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