Article: When hiccups won't quit.

Byline: Steve Crump

Mar. 26--KIMBERLY -- Forget drinking a glass of water from the "wrong" side of the glass. Or blowing up a balloon and then inhaling the air inside it. Or having someone jump out from behind a door and scare you.

Fourteen-year-old Gracie Stukenholtz-Prescott knows what will really cure hiccups:

Math.

"Many people gave me foolproof remedies, but nothing seemed to work," said Gracie, a freshman at Kimberly High School. "I tried holding my breath, the sugar remedy -- and even soapy water until I was hiccuping up bubbles."

This went on for 6 1/2 hours.

"My Aunt Barbie even called St. Luke's (Magic ...

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