A man in his middle years has unexpectedly passed away from cardiac arrest after drinking at least one energy drink per day.
As 49-year-old Cassondra Reynolds from California revealed, her husband and her soul mate John has passed away in 2011 at the age of 41.
Since the man was in an otherwise good condition at the time of his cardiac arrest, the doctors immediately blamed energy drinks that he had been drinking for his situation.
According to Cassondra, her partner was often working late and needed the energy to stay awake and focus on his job. For that reason, he resorted to drinking energy drinks on a daily basis.
“He was my only family, he was my everything and he was my soul mate and now he’s gone,” the heartbroken widow said.
“I just couldn’t believe that it was happening. I was in a state of panic and shock because I had no idea what was happening to my husband,” she added as she recalled the moment her husband suffered a cardiac arrest in their bed.
“I saw him turn from blue to grey and I was just praying that nothing would happen to him.”
After the man was rushed to the ER, the doctors placed him in a medically induced coma before turning off life support two weeks later.
“John was healthy, he worked out every day, he had had a full physical examination the month prior and all his results came back fine,” Cassondra explained.
“When he went to the hospital, the doctor told me that his sugar levels were sky high and were asking me all sorts of questions about his lifestyle, whether he took drugs and if he had any health issues (…)
“Eventually, the doctor asked me if he drank energy drinks which I replied yes, but only once a day. He immediately explained that it only takes one energy drink to throw off the rhythm of your heart causing heart arrhythmia.
“When he was pronounced brain dead, I let my children come and visit him to say their goodbyes. I asked the nurse to remove as many wires as possible so that they wouldn’t be scared.”
It wasn’t until almost a decade after the unfortunate passing that the mum-of-three decided to speak out and start raising awareness about the dangers of consuming energy drinks.
“I want people to know how dangerous these drinks are, and I need people to speak out about losing their loves ones because it happens all the time, you just don’t hear about it,” she added.
“The doctor told me that drinking energy drinks is like playing Russian roulette with your life and that really stuck with me.”
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