After two weeks of fighting for her life, Jazmin made a miraculous recovery. “Every day I got stronger and the doctors ran a lot of heart tests on me and they all came back normal. They couldn’t find any heart problems and couldn’t explain why this happened,” she said.
According to Jazmin, the caffeine-containing energy drink may have combined with her underlying heart problems to cause the crisis.
“I never paid much attention to my heart health in the past, and I mistook occasional palpitations for anxiety,” she admits. “Now it seems like I may have always had this problem, but I never took it seriously.”
Though Jazmin eventually recovered, the experience had a huge impact on her and her boyfriend’s lives.
They both lost their jobs because of having to take extended leave to care for Jazmin, and are facing huge hospital bills.
The near-de:a:th experience also gave Jazmin a new perspective on life. “I feel like I was given a second life,” she says. “If this had happened when I was alone, or a few years later, I might not be alive. The doctors said it was a miracle and I was literally one step away from death.”
The young woman urges people to pay attention to their body’s signals and check for potential health problems in time to avoid major disasters.
Meanwhile, the energy drink contains 200mg of caffeine, twice as much as two cups of coffee. Though the drink contains a variety of vitamins and nutrients, high levels of caffeine can pose a risk to heart health, especially for people with underlying heart conditions.
