Lois talks about getting sent to the hospital by her family doctor.
Transcript
I went to the family doctor to – because I felt terrible and I was having trouble – I can’t say I was having – yeah, I was having trouble breathing let’s be honest. And I was having to sit up and hold my – like sit up like this so I could breathe properly, and I had some chest pain and I went to the family doctor and she said – when I got there she said, ‘Hmm,’ so she – [laughs]. And I also had – I don’t know if this is coincidental, but I also had a Bell’s palsy. So she looked at me and she said, “I think you need to go to the – you need to go to the hospital.
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