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GuardSquealer posted: Woke up early Monday morning to use the
bathroom. My wife got up and asked me what was wrong with her. I
looked at her face and it was horribly swollen. I wasn't sure
what was going on with her. She is really sensitive to poison
ivy so I thought maybe that was the problem. But she didn't
think so. She asked me to take her to the ER, so I did. By the
time we got there her throat had swollen shut. She couldn't
swollow or speak. Once at the ER they took about 10 seconds and
called a code, and a surgical team was there in a minute or two
and rushed her to the OR to put in a breathing tube. They were
affraid they might have to do a Tracheotomy if her throat
swelled anymore.  A doctor took me to the ICU waiting area and I
waited there for someone to come out. They had to put her on a
ventilator.  Turns out she developed an allergy to Sulpha. She
was on a med for a week for a U