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Something in my readings made him frown deeply. “Ma’am, what exactly happened before she collapsed?”
Jessica’s story flowed smoothly. “She just got home from work and was acting really tired and confused.
But I fought to speak. “She switched my insulin,” I managed to croak out before losing consciousness again. At Mercy General Hospital, Dr.
Sarah Thompson ran blood work that made her call for additional tests immediately. The chemical markers in my bloodstream weren’t consistent with a simple diabetic emergency. There were foreign substances that had no business being in any human body.
“What exactly did you ingest today?” Dr. Thompson asked when I regained consciousness in the emergency room. “My sister said she put saline in my insulin vials as a prank,” I explained weakly.
Dr. Thompson’s expression hardened. “Ms.
Williams, the preliminary toxicology results show hazardous chemical contaminants in your system. “This wasn’t saline.”
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