Arizona Woman Suffers Life-Threatening Illness After Sharing Food With Friend

An Arizona woman is now recovering from a life-threatening illness she got while sharing food with a friend. So much for sharing is caring.

You were probably raised to believe that sharing is a good thing. You look selfish if you don't and you want others to share with you, no? Well, it turns out there can be a down side to sharing...like if you end up getting sick. Like real sick. That's what happened to this Arizona woman who got a rare illness after sharing food with her friend. Check out a video shared by 12 News on YouTube below.

According to 12 News, 24-year-old Trinity Peterson-Mayes shared a meal with a friend and was left nearly paralyzed. What was the dish? Homemade fermented swordfish. Well, that doesn't sound very appetizing. She tells 12 News, "I noticed that when I was chugging water, I wouldn't be able to chug it. It was going down the wrong pipe, and then slowly, over the course 24 hours, I went from noting being able to chug water to not being able to drink any water at all."

She was taken to the hospital where she learned she contracted Botulism, per 12 News. She was given a life-saving antitoxin and is now on the road to recovery. Read more from 12 News here.