Star Member still_one (45,639 posts)
6. Everyone is different. The main problem was dehydration. She might have limited her
intake of fluids during the ceremony hoping to avoid a bathroom break, and I think that is what caused the issue.
She looked good after coming out of her daughters' apartment, and by all reports that was because she hydrated, and removed her out of the heat and humidity ...
Oh, for heaven's sake! That is both stupid and contrary to known fact! It was in the mid 70s in NYC when
The SHREW had her episode. I checked AccuWeather an hour or two
afterward, and it was 78 or 79!
As for dehydration, I walk/run half marathons and other shorter distances. I do limit fluids before a race to prevent the need to urinate during a race. I usually don't "need" to drink from my water bottle or at an aid station until 1.5-3 miles (45-120 minutes) into a race (and I am super careful about hydration). I think that kind of exertion is greater than sitting/standing at a ceremony. Unless
The SHREW and all her handlers were incredibly stupid (e.g. she didn't drink anything for >6 hours before the event), her half or full hour (whatever it was) of sitting/standing would not have dehydrated her!