Donald "Frue" McAvoy and his fiancée, Rachel Leaptrott, were taking it easy on a Sunday in early December 2023, making a cheese board and turning on a football game.

After one bite, McAvoy began to choke. He couldn't swallow or breathe.

Leaptrott leapt into action. She cleared his throat, but realized that McAvoy's pupils were locked in place. He was talking, but couldn't see anything. Leaptrott's daughter called 911.

"It's like trying to remember a dream. That's the best way I can describe it," McAvoy said. "I remember bits and pieces. I get chills, because I couldn't see and that was extremely scary. But the scariest thing I ever felt, I didn't know if I'd ever see again."

McAvoy, 36, had recently been plagued by headaches, a sore neck and exhaustion. The active gym owner thought he

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