A Cup of Expired Medicine Killed a Family

In the middle of the night, Jake suddenly cried out in pain, saying he had a splitting headache and nausea.

Jane rushed to the bathroom and vomited.

Haley collapsed in bed, dizzy, and barely able to move.

Meanwhile, Hoyt was in a deep sleep from cold medicine, oblivious to the chaos around him.

Even the sound of Jane getting up, Jake crying, and Haley gasping for breath did not wake him.

Feeling slightly better after vomiting, Jane staggered back to the room, where she found Jake trembling.

She immediately embraced him.

"Jake, my baby, I'll take you to the hospital right now," she said.

She quickly wrapped Jake in a blanket and was ready to take him to the hospital.

But Haley shouted, "What's the point of going to the hospital? It costs too much! We have cold medicine at home. Just give him some and let him sleep."

Jane hesitated, holding Jake.

Haley took a deep breath and continued, "Jake must have been infected. Hoyt slept well after taking the medicine."

Considering the family's financial strain, Jane clenched her teeth and reluctantly put down Jake.

She rummaged through the cabinet and found the pillbox, discovering the medicine had expired eight years.

In her panic, she dropped the bottle.

The noise roused Haley, who quickly sat up.

"What are you doing? Don't waste those medicines! Do you know how expensive they are now?"

After speaking, she felt dizzy and lay down again.

Jane hugged Jake and ran out the door, shouting, "This has been expired for eight years. I have to take Jake to the hospital."

Haley, worried about money, called me over. "Lena, help me up and see if your mother is going to waste all our money."

I was the only one who could get up without pain, but I was too small to keep up with Jane's pace.

If it were before, I might have walked slowly.

But now, I was also anxious and wanted to watch this good show.

I struggled under Haley's weight, feeling her shortness of breath and sweat, but I felt no sympathy.

In my previous life, she had given me away to Lawson when Jake was going to get married, watching me being locked in the pigsty by Lawson.

Haley smiled, saying, "A disobedient girl should be locked up."

Now, I was curious to see how long she could live.

The village doctor, noticing Jake's condition, asked if he had ingested anything harmful.

Jane's gaze turned icy toward Haley who was pale and dry-heaving against the door.

The doctor sensed the urgency and said, "It could be food poisoning. You have to go to a major hospital for gastric lavage. The child is small, and the elder needs immediate care."

Jane quickly arranged for a ride to the county hospital.

However, upon arrival, Haley refused to have her stomach pumped, insisting it was a waste of money and that her life didn't matter anymore.

Seeing Jake unconscious, Jane didn't argue.

Haley's face suddenly changed and she whispered to me, "You cruel mother, wishing for my early death."

I remained silent, focused on Jake.

The doctor quickly performed the gastric lavage, but it was too late.

Jake ate the most and was most poisoned.

"Mercury poisoning," the doctor concluded. " He must accidentally swallowed a thermometer. The child has a weak immune system, and it's too late now."