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Richard Kovalcheck was wearing his favorite slippers last month when he spotted some pigeon poop on his upstairs deck.

So he grabbed a hose to wash it off.

That's when his foot slipped on the stairs. Though he fell only two steps, he fractured and splintered his leg. After surgery and weeks of in-patient care, he is fighting a wound infection.

He won't start to walk normally until about July. The cost of treatment – paid by his health plan – could approach $150,000, said his wife, Ella.

More than 300 people participated in the second year of the Senior to Senior program recently. The program pairs older adults at the OASIS Adult Education Center with seniors from San Diego High School's Media and Visual Arts School for a collaborative musical experience. The goal is creating a musical work based on their life experiences, which culminates in a public performance.

Senior to Senior at the Opera Video

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