My Red Teapot - Day 4

My Red Teapot

7x9in watercolor on moleskin paper  SOLD

Artist Note

Remember in my last post 

saying painting only 

one item is so much easier...

Well...this is almost one item with 

the pot and cup linked together.

My regular followers know

how many times I have painted this 

much loved teapot.

Started from memory

in ER during the final hour when I knew

all would be okay.

On a serious note.

I am passing this info on in case 

it can be helpful.

I spent 9 hours in the ER with my 

hubby yesterday. 

A very serious allergy reaction to a 

med he had been taking 15 years.

Enalapril.

We are all familiar with a reaction to 

something immediate - like a bee sting

or food, but I was unaware that you 

can also have a gradual 

build up leading to a very severe one.

He has had a dry cough for a couple of 

years and that was apparently 

a symptom all was not well.

The ER doctor 

recognized the culprit was 

Enapril for blood pressure, 

causing the Angioedema

He started the standard treatment

to WHICH my hubby DID NOT RESPOND

 We had some heart thumping moments

of fear and dread.

The clever (young) doctor remembered 

reading something and went and 

researched on the 

computer and found it.

Fresh Frozen plasma 

has started to be used as a successful treatment.

Keep that part in mind if  you 

or someone you know

is ever in a similar predicament...

especially in a small town hospital 

where they do not see a lot of

angioedema.

One pouch of drip drip and the swelling 

started to respond and after the second 

bag he could feel he wasn't 

suffocating to death

The drugs in the 

category ACE inhibitors.

are used for:

blood pressure

coronary artery disease,

diabetes,

mellitus,

chronic renal disease and 

recurrent stroke

if interested -read details HERE

Praising God for answered prayers.

Our grateful thanks to 

Paul and Lindy Bridgers 

who came over and prayed for 

my husband and the 

MVRHospital's Doctor Kinkel.