This is sad and weird:
Teen girl dies after inhaling helium at party
Dr. Mark Morocco, associate professor of emergency medicine at the Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles, said what happens is similar to when a scuba diver surfaces too quickly. A gas bubble gets into the bloodstream, perhaps through some kind of tear in a blood vessel. If it is a vein, the bubble will stay in the lungs. If it is an artery, it can block the flow of oxygen-laden blood to the brain, causing a stroke. If there is a hole in the heart, the bubble can go from a vein to an artery and then to the brain.
eta: Result of autopsy:
Immediate Cause of Death - “Traumatic helium gas and air embolism due to inhalation of helium gas mixture from a pressurized canister.”
Dag, she was probably talking like Donald Duck when she died.
Homemade soups use flour, too.
I'm not sure I've made soup from scratch, but wouldn't cornstarch or another starch (tapioca, arrowroot) work in flour's place?
I should try to make soup, but I just don't feel it. Maybe pumpkin bread.
Dag, she was probably talking like Donald Duck when she died.
It sounds like she passed out seconds after inhaling the helium.
I'm not sure I've made soup from scratch, but wouldn't cornstarch or another starch (tapioca, arrowroot) work in flour's place?
Oh, absolutely -- it's just not a new place for gluten to be, is all.
Gluten! Gluten in new places!
Consuela,
can you update your resume now in anticipation for the job whenever it is announced?
Low-fat refried beans, guacamole, salsa, and chips are totally a valid dinner choice, right? Especially since Pete is off at D&D and partaking in traditional gamer food of Arby's?
