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“Real Housewives” star treated for allergic reaction at Newton-Wellesley hospital

December 18, 2018 by Deborah Brown

"Real Housewives" Bethenny Frankel
“Real Housewives” star
Bethenny Frankel
had a close call in the area.

“Real Housewives of New York City” star Bethenny Frankel was treated for a severe allergic reaction just a bit beyond Wellesley at Newton-Wellesley hospital, according to E!News. In a tweet Frankel called the 300-beds medical center “…the best hospital I have ever been to and I am so grateful.”

She tweeted on Monday that after ingesting soup on Sunday she started itching, “was unconscious for 15 minutes”, then was rushed to the Emergency Room and spent two days in the Intensive Care Unit.  “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.”

Although Frankel raved about the care at Newton-Wellesley, apparently she was less impressed with the mattresses. After hitting up a high-end mattress company to donate 200+ mattresses to the hospital and being gently let down, Frankel is asking anyone with a mattress contact to let her know.

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  1. cheryl trusas says

    December 28, 2018 at 4:25 pm

    Wow…I wouldnot take my cat to NWH

  2. Virginia says

    December 18, 2018 at 11:16 am

    Okay, hospitals only use certain mattresses and the one that you use at home, are not Infectious Disease appropriate!! Sorry Bethany, unless you want your hospital bed set up at home, it probably wont happen. Nice thought though! Better off donating Epi Pens!!😊

     

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