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Man punctures lung after eating cereal with no milk

Corn flakes in bowl on rustic wooden table
Corn flakes in bowl on rustic wooden table
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Harry Long does not like milk with his cereal as he thinks it makes it too soggy.

Unfortunately, for the Australian college student, this attribute led to a trip to the hospital.


When Long was just 16, he poured himself a bowl of Honey Stars, which look like Honey-Combs but are star-shaped.

Well while eating the milk-less cereal, he accidentally inhaled a piece, but didn't realize it at the time.  He ended up having severe pain for about 30 minutes, but luckily the pain went away when his lung fully COLLAPSED.

He didn't realize it had collapsed though until a week later when he went to the hospital for an ear infection and complained that he'd been having trouble breathing, and doctors told him what had happened.

Long spent five days in the hospital, but says his trip didn't deter him away from cereal at all.

He told The Guardian that in fact, he even still eats it without milk.

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