The Real Housewives of New YorkstarBethenny Frankelis feeling grateful to be alive.
On Monday, Frankel, 48, revealed she was hospitalized after suffering from a nearly fatal allergic reaction to fish over the weekend.
“I have a rare fish allergy. Sunday, I had soup, itched & was unconscious for 15 mins then to ER & ICU for 2 days w BP of 60/40,” Frankeltweeted.
“I couldn’t talk, see, thought I had a stroke & dying & told if 5 mins later I’d be dead. 911 & EPI saved me. I’ll never not carry an #epipen.”
“My god Bethenny. Things have been rough for you. Thinking of you and your daughter. Glad you’re OK,” one userwrote.
“Glad to hear you’re ok!” another fancommented.
“She was in ICU for two days and just got out tonight,” a friend of Frankel tells PEOPLE.
“She almost died. It was that serious. Her blood pressure was through the roof and she was unconscious. She went into anaphylactic shock. Her boyfriend saved her life.”
Frankelpreviously suffered an allergic reactiononRHONYwhen the girls visited Cartagena, Colombia during season 10.
Bethenny Frankel’s allergic reaction onRHONY.Bravo
“Is there fish in that soup?’ Frankel fearfully asked her co-stars during the episode while they were all seated for dinner. “I’m itching. My throat is itching. I thought it was chicken, f—.”
She quickly fled the room with water in her hand only to come back later to admit she vomited.
“It’s the worst feeling, your throat gets itchy, you feel like you’re going to throw up,” Frankel explained in a confessional. “It’s like poison inside you.”
In addition to her recent allergic reaction, it’s been a tough year for the Skinny Girl founder.
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In August, Frankel’s on-off boyfriendDennis Shieldsdied.
“It’s hard to breathe & I appreciate you giving me the space & support to try to do so. It’s excruciating-sudden death is no closure & constant ?s & memories. Our relationship is current so it’s painfully raw. Trying to stay healthy & move through it w tears & close friends. Xo,” Frankeltweeted.
Shields was found dead at the age of 51 in his Trump Tower apartment following a suspected overdose.
source: people.com
