Christmas has always been the best time of the year for people of all ages there was also the case for mr jones until christmas almost cost him his life feeling his health slowly deteriorate mr jones decided to seek medical help in order to understand where all of this was coming from when the doctor told him to throw out his wife’s christmas present mr jones was left in complete and utter shock despite being 78 mr
Jones and his wife were known to be a healthy and active couple the two worked out on a daily basis and made sure they took all the supplements their body needed after the christmas dinner with their children and grandchildren mr jones started experiencing symptoms that started by being subtle and insignificant and elevated to ones that left him bedridden mr jones was quick to call his doctor when he felt shortness
Of breath knowing that this was something out of the ordinary for him after doing several checkups and tests his doctor advised him to stay away from any possible allergens including animals smoke and dust mrs jones eliminated anything that could possibly be causing this bodily response but the waiver husband reacted made her even more concerned rather than improving mr jones started experiencing heavy coughs that would not go away
Feeling desperate mrs jones reached out to her children for help her son then recommended taking an appointment with one of his good friends that specialized in pulmonology listening to their son’s advice mr jones booked an appointment for the next day with fingers crossed after the visit to dr henry mr jones started with a course of medication that seemed to be making a difference feeling grateful the couple invited him over for dinner at their
Home dr henry gracefully accepted the offer and visited the two on a friday night little did he know that this visit will be the answer to all the questions the couple had henry and mr jones chatted while they helped mrs jones set the table the three were having a great time discussing everything from the weather to their favorite meal half an hour to the dinner the topic of mr jones’s health was brought up one question
Floated around the dinner table making the three feel helpless the three had one question that they could not quite answer the reason behind mr jones health issue was still unknown nothing made sense as they tried their best to understand where it all started trying to draw a connection of some sort to make it all click feeling like detectives the three started retracing mr jones’s steps the only thing that they were sure of was
That the symptoms started after christmas keeping that in mind they inspected every single angle they could they started investigating the christmas gifts that mr and mrs jones received until they reached one specific present henry made sure to pick apart every present until they reached the present mrs jones had gifted her husband when explaining the present that she had made by hand for her husband a light bulb went on in henry’s head he then
Instantly directed mrs jones to point him in the direction of the present holding the sculpture mrs jones made for her husband for christmas he focused on the little latch opening it up to find remains of what looked like a natural ingredient he directly asked her what the remains were the answers she gave caused henry to blurt four words to the concerned couple throw it away now shocked by what she heard mrs jones asked for an explanation henry went on
To explain that blue muscle especially when ground could cause heavy metal poisoning after being exposed to it for a long time the two listened as henry explained the endless effects of the exposure to ground blue muscle the couple was quick to throw the gift away learning about artists that have faced major health problems from muscle shells for they act as the environment’s filter feeders they accumulate toxins that are found in their surroundings as a result
Of feeling really worried mrs jones ended up taking extreme measures both mr and mrs jones took several tests making sure that the remains of this shell has left their body and did not cause any further health complications thankfully the two were not exposed to it long enough to cause irreversible damage feeling disappointed by her finding mrs jones took it upon herself to take action mrs jones took every step
Possible to raise awareness of the possible risk factors of the naturally found ingredients that people use in their day to day life the more she learned the more she shared she wanted to make sure that no one would have to go through the health scare that they went through mrs jones found a lot of risks found within art tools mrs jones realized that stone and wood carvers glassworkers and many other art forms come with several health risks her story
Comes as a lesson to teach everyone to always do their research before using things that they don’t know much about as the saying goes it is better to be safe than sorry.