Don't worry, she has seen a doctor and we're both hoping to hell the treatment does what it's supposed to.
Speaking of garlic, I remember ,er, some years back, when I was living with some friends in an apartment in the heart of Chinatown, just north of Dundas on Spadina.
My friend Adam had heard about garlic and its antibiotic qualities and, in an effort to stave off a cold or flue, decided to take it in quite large quantities. By the clove, in fact.
By the whole clove.
Turns out swallowing a clove of garlic is a little more difficult than downing an aspirin or a multivitamin.
Yes, he chocked. Started bouncing around the room, making all the coughing motions a person can make, but not coughing.
Eventually, I started to wonder at this strange behaviour and asked, "Are you chocking?"
He nodded excitedly, yes! Yes!
And I, by god, performed the heimlich maneuver. Garlic clove flew across the room and Adam could once again breathe.
Year's later, reminiscing over beers, I mentioned the incident and he denied it ever happened.
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Gratitude
Date: 2005-04-07 03:48 am (UTC)Speaking of garlic, I remember ,er, some years back, when I was living with some friends in an apartment in the heart of Chinatown, just north of Dundas on Spadina.
My friend Adam had heard about garlic and its antibiotic qualities and, in an effort to stave off a cold or flue, decided to take it in quite large quantities. By the clove, in fact.
By the whole clove.
Turns out swallowing a clove of garlic is a little more difficult than downing an aspirin or a multivitamin.
Yes, he chocked. Started bouncing around the room, making all the coughing motions a person can make, but not coughing.
Eventually, I started to wonder at this strange behaviour and asked, "Are you chocking?"
He nodded excitedly, yes! Yes!
And I, by god, performed the heimlich maneuver. Garlic clove flew across the room and Adam could once again breathe.
Year's later, reminiscing over beers, I mentioned the incident and he denied it ever happened.
There's gratitude for ya.