Around midnight last night I'm suddenly called downstairs by Dad. Mom was being taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Dad needed me to stay downstairs for a bit to comfort Mocha, our dog, who was naturally freaking out. All Dad could tell me about what was wrong was that there was some swelling and Mom was having breathing problems.
I was naturally very worried. Mom's medical issues are almost never mundane, and hearing that it was breathing problems? Very troubling. Dad came back a couple hours later to grab Mom's phone and his Kindle then went back to the hospital, but had no further updates for me.
This morning, I come downstairs to see Mom is home, and apparently fine. I gave her a hug, and asked what happened. Near as they were able to tell, Mom had an allergic reaction to her blood pressure medication-- the same medication she's been taking without issue for the last five years. However, the pill she took last night was from a new batch that had just arrived that day. So clearly there might have been something different with the formula or something.
In any case, Mom's throwing out that "bad" medication and updating her medical alert card about this possible allergic reaction. She's fine now, she can talk and breathe normally. Was just a very scary situation.
I was naturally very worried. Mom's medical issues are almost never mundane, and hearing that it was breathing problems? Very troubling. Dad came back a couple hours later to grab Mom's phone and his Kindle then went back to the hospital, but had no further updates for me.
This morning, I come downstairs to see Mom is home, and apparently fine. I gave her a hug, and asked what happened. Near as they were able to tell, Mom had an allergic reaction to her blood pressure medication-- the same medication she's been taking without issue for the last five years. However, the pill she took last night was from a new batch that had just arrived that day. So clearly there might have been something different with the formula or something.
In any case, Mom's throwing out that "bad" medication and updating her medical alert card about this possible allergic reaction. She's fine now, she can talk and breathe normally. Was just a very scary situation.
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