Five minutes later she was vomiting violently in the waiting room washroom. Five minutes later she was being loaded onto a cart. They hooked her up to the monitors and pulled out bags of vials and needles, all of the machines were pinging …

She was deathly allergic to them but neither of us had thought to check. I ransacked my house for Benadryl, we were out completely. I maintained my outward composure as I told her to get into my car to go to the nearest drug store, a ten m…