I Nearly died after drinking 4litres of water in a day- Mom

A mother, Nina Munro, has shared her  experience of nearly dying after drinking 4 liters of water in one day in an attempt to flush out what she believed was a cold.

According to Nina, consuming such a large amount of water caused her sodium levels to drop dangerously low.

This, combined with the medications she was taking for flu and cold symptoms, overwhelmed her system and triggered a seizure.

Following the incident, Nina was placed in intensive care for five days as doctors worked to stabilize her blood levels and bring her back to safety.

“Doctors later told me they didn’t know how I survived it. I was slowly drowning myself and I didn’t even know it.” she said

She added: “My husband said I wouldn’t do anything without a glass of water by my side. I think someone was looking out for me. I thought I was a super-healthy person.

“They wouldn’t let me leave (hospital) until my sodium level began to increase.

“I didn’t see my daughter for five days which was so hard. I didn’t want her to see me in the state I was in.

“The first few days in ICU I couldn’t drink anything and when I left hospital I was on a restricted 1.5ltr diet and naturally now drink less.

“They told me to drink for thirst only.

Talking on how her daughter also has the same symptoms like her, she said: “Our daughter is at kindergarten and she’s always coming home with little bugs.

Nina revealed that her daughter had been diagnosed with pneumonia, and she herself contracted mycoplasma from her daughter (Mycoplasma is a type of bacteria that can infect various parts of the body) contributing to Nina’s health complications during the ordeal.

She added: “I also had a cold, earache and a sore throat which I kept going to doctors for,’ she said.

‘I never felt like I had time to rest with the constant demands of parenting and work.

 had three lots of steroids, three lots of antibiotics, nasal sprays and Nurofen, which also lowers your sodium – it was a perfect storm to lower my sodium.’

“I Left a gym class as I felt I wasn’t moving right,’ she said.

“I went to a local hospital and they said “drink lots of water” as they thought I was having withdrawals from the steroids.

“I just kept thinking I needed to drink all this water to flush it out,’ she said.

“I’ve always tried to drink at least two litres a day, if not more.