Make sure you're in for the night before you take NyQuil and smear on the BENGAY!

For the last couple of days Stephanie has been sick...very sick.  When we took her to the doctor he immediately sent her to the ER for more tests and IV's.  After spending the whole day (~9 hours) in the ER we went home.  That night when we were getting ready for bed, I decided to take a couple NyQuil pills.  I didn't get much sleep the night before and my sinuses and allergies had been killing me all day.  In addition to this, we rubbed some BENGAY on our shoulders and sore necks.

No sooner did the burning sensation begin and my eyes started closing, then Stephanie's body started tweaking out.  It started out as shakes and then progressed into tremors and almost like convulsions.  This scared both of us and we decided we better go back to the hospital.  So I put my clothes back on and headed out to find a taxi.

By this point the NyQuil has been in my system a little over an hour and was really starting to crank.  After I found a taxi, I brought him back to the apartment to pickup Stephanie and Veta.  When they got in the car it was a double dose of BENGAY.  It was so strong that my eyes were watering!  I guess after about two blocks the Taxi driver had enough--he rolled down his window for some fresh air.  

We got to the hospital about midnight with bloodshot eyes and a pungent aroma of BENGAY surrounding us.  (I don't know about Turkey, but if you go to the ER with bloodshot eyes and smelling like Vicks vapor rub at midnight in the states, the nurses are probably going to assume that drugs are involved).  While we were doing our best to describe to the nurse what the issue was, I couldn't help but hear laughing from outside of the curtain.  I don't know if they were laughing because the nurse was trapped in a small room with Americans who stunk like a peppermint, or if it was my Turkish.   

Long story short, I had to remain standing at Stephanie's bedside for fear that if I sat down I would pass out.  

Once the doctors were able to get Stephanie's electrolytes, calcium, and potassium levels back up, the twitching stopped and she began to feel better.  They ended up admitting her for observation that night, and I was able to sit down and sleep in the chair next to her.  She still feels puny, but she is definitely feeling better than she was.

Lesson learned: Use Nyquil and BENGAY responsibly and make sure you won't be leaving the house again!