“Go to the ER immediately,’’ my doctor urged over the phone, “your potassium level is 7.2. You could go into sudden cardiac arrest.”
I was in shock. “What? How?.. I did exactly what you told me to.”
“We will figure it out later. Go to the ER now,” he said.
Standing next to me, my younger brother heard everything. He told me to get ready and raced to pack some essentials. I…
