30 miles away at kaiser hospital, doctor lapointe was waiting as well. three days had passed since she sent out brigida samples. brigida, in pain the whole time. finally, the lab results came back. just as he suspected, it was thallium. a lot of it. brigida husband and young son seemed to be clear of the toxic metal, but she was in serious danger. her levels were off of the charts? they really were. more than 1000 times the acceptable level. wow, that is unbelievable. a hospital staffer had driven through the night to get hold of prussian blue pills. doctor lapointe started brigida on them immediately. but, with so much thallium in her system, dr. lapointe worried that prussian blue would not be enough to save her. he also put her on dialysis to filter her blood. it was a slow process.
her. we asked her, does anybody have an agenda against you? she vehemently stated, no, i do not think there is anyone in my life would attempt to poison me. but agent gill knew that intentional poisoning was usually personal. statistically, historically speaking, when you do have a poisoning, it is either a close family member, or close friend. sitting alone in her hospital room, not brigida found herself terrified at the thought of doctors lifting their ban on visitors. did you start to become more fearful as you then started to realize that this was an intentional poisoning? yes. no i started getting fearful. i started to think about what would happen if i got out of the hospital, if i ever got out of the hospital, and who i would have to protect myself from. i imagine at this point,
with other events throughout the uk throughout the year. she also announced she wants camila to be queen when charles ascends the throne. now, back to dateline. ascends the throne no welcome back to dateline, i m natalie morales. brigida uto was clinging to life in an icu. her doctor had a hunch she had been poisoned. and is pressed to get hold of the closely guarded antidote, which raised alarms of the fbi. now, brigida test results were about to solve one piece of this mystery. and send the case in a chilling new direction. returning now to the procession blue mystery. brigida s mom cannot visit her daughter in the hospital. no visitors were allowed, so she waited and prayed. that was all that she could do.
patients in his apathetic state. la belle indifference. you are so weak wasting away, , you don t have is inside like oh, that is fine. this tells you right there, but she was as sick as she could get, and possibly was near death? i think so, yes. doctor jeff lapointe did not know for sure was making brigida sick. but there were his toxicologist mind, the symptoms indicated she might have been exposed to a toxic chemical. and he realized, she might not be the only one. there are so many moving pieces, i now have a child in the equation, i have a spouse. let s make sure we are observing them, make sure the child is safe, that they have not been exposed. he had brigida s husband and son admitted to a separate hospital for testing. and for safety sake, they banned all visitors from her
no. did you poison or wife? no. please remain still, test is about to end. nine times the investigator asked the same questions, and every time uto and he seemed sure, and passed. testing went on, the polygraph are eventually stopped, let him take a break, came back in. let s have a seat there. confronted him, and said, i don t believe anything you re saying. so, you filled your test. not only do flu tests, you failed miserably. that s when you can. vest right then and there. right after the. polygraph race broke. the details of how we tried to kill his wife began tumbling out. i can t really remember, most visible or. ray stole the investigated that the first time he fed thallium to brigida, it was in a sandwich.