Finally better!!

Well, we got a very nasty flu virus about a month ago. I don't know what strain, but it was a mean one. Jonah started out with it. Then Hannah a week later, then me & the little girls. The baby got it the mildest, thank God.
I didn't take the kids in to the doctor at first-I've never had to before. But, it kept coming back. He ended up w/ a secondary infection of bronchitis.
Hannah ended up with pneumonia, but we caught that early.
They're both feeling much better. The little girls & I are feeling better, but we only got sick about 10 days ago, so I'm watching for secondary symptoms.
So, it's been a really long month.
And, to make it worse, along with all the other home remedies & herbs I was using, I tried something new that I researched at several sites & also read about at welltellme.com. It was pine needle tea-I even watched a movie on how to make it at survivalscoop.com. Hemlock is poisonous, but all the pine trees are supposed to be good. Full of vit C & other benefits, which I can't remember now.
Anyway, I had a bad reaction to it & for the first time in my life, I thought I might not see the next day. My arms & hands got weak, my lips & tongue tingled, my head felt fuzzy. After a couple hours, I started to feel better & thought I was good. Then, my heart started racing. My pulse is normally about 60-70 bpm. It went to 120 bpm. I listened to it w/ my stethoscope & it was a normal rythym, but it was pounding so hard, I could feel it throughout my whole torso, in my neck & in my ears. I really got scared. I called a friend who is a christian herbalist & he said since I didn't have lobelia, to make chamomile tea w/ 3 tea bags. It helped for a few hours. He reassured me that 120 bpm wasn't going to kill me & I felt better.
But, it was really scary. I've never thanked God for a slow steady quite heart rate before, but I did late the next day when it finally was normal again. I had to keep drinking the tea all day & once I took Mama Calm & that helped a lot. (powdered magnesium).
Before I called the herbalist, though, I was looking at the kids & praying so hard that they weren't going to end up motherless because of me doing something so stupid. I will never try making my own tea again. (except dandelion or clover, which I've done before).
Anyway, I read to the little girls during all the heart racing because I thought if I was going to die, I wanted them to remember me doing something good & I wondered to myself if my older kids knew how proud I am of them.
I've never faced my mortality quite like this before & am SO thankful that I am alive & that my heart is back to normal.
My body is a bit hypersensitive now, though. I took an herbal extract that I've taken for years 2 days after that & my heart went up again. So, I'm taking a good long break from herbals.