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Health Scare & Triumph

Growing up, we ate whatever we liked, which attributed to my digestion issues. Health, although it was poor, was never a driving factor in our food choices. I was particularly fond of plain strawberry pop tarts. Can I get a 'what, what'?! Fast forward a few years when I am married with an infant. This is where my health scare begins... One night, as I lay in bed dozing off, I kept abruptly waking, unable to breathe properly. Now, I had breathing issues in the past and they always told me it was exercise-induced asthma. However, I was not exercising. I was trying to sleep. It continued to get worse. I sat up in bed, gasping for air and could not catch my breath. Frantically, my husband awoke, got our baby girl out of bed and we proceeded to the emergency room.  At this point I was gasping severely and my entire body from head to toe was tingling. You know when you sit in a position too long and the blood flow is not what it should be? Even my head and lips felt that wa...