Madam,

Our bank holiday weekend was a memorable one for all the wrong reasons.

My daughter came to stay for the weekend. We went out for a meal and in the early hours I was woken by my daughter who said she was having trouble breathing. She was having a reaction to something she had eaten.

My first thought was to give Piriton, which I always carry. It was having no effect. Her throat was in a bad way. I called the emergency services.

Her allergic reaction was that bad I couldn’t see the back of her throat. I suddenly remembered, half asleep, that I had stronger tablets for allergies in my handbag, which I gave straight away. These slowly, thank goodness, started working.

Paramedics arrived quickly. They did say that my daughter wouldn’t have made it to the hospital without the tablets that worked.

I can say I saved my daughter’s life but at the time it was hair-raising. And I have felt worse since; there are a lot of ‘what ifs’ going round in my mind.

I am still very grateful to the Welsh Ambulance Service, who came to assist my daughter in the very early hours.

Yours etc, Jean Miles, Harlech.

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