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Grandmother left with gruesome gaping hole in leg after tattoo becomes infected

A grandmother of five who decided to ink a tribute to her grandchildren was forced to undergo emergency surgery after the tattoo went horribly wrong.

Sally Lutkin, 49, of Hull, East Yorkshire, was bed-bound for a week after getting the names of grandkids Harvey, seven, Harvey Junior, six, and Cooper, one, tattooed on her left ankle in November 2013.

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