So things took a strange turn here at the hospital last night. One of the strong IV antibiotics, that I have taken for years, was decidedly rejected by my body. Within only a few minutes I was having an anaphylactic reaction: skin flushed red from head to foot, pins and needles sensations all throughout my body, but the worst? All my airways started to close. Luckily a nurse was right there. I passed out, but snippets of the event I remember about five people working on me, the doctor trying to get me to respond. If they had not reacted so quickly I am sure I'd have died.
It was a pretty scary experience, with no rhyme or rhythm to it.