One minute Erin Mims was living it up for her birthday, and the next she was suffering bizarre symptoms.Now, the hair salon owner is warning others.Get more news about Door Hinge,you can vist our website!

“I could have died,” she said of the frightening incident that began when she found a napkin wadded up in her car door handle after a celebratory birthday lunch on Tuesday with her husband, Bobbie Marshall.“I felt like I couldn’t breathe. My chest started hurting, I was getting hot flashes, my heart was racing - just a whole bunch of stuff.

Mims said it all started after leaving her birthday brunch at Prospect Park Willowbrook when she noticed a napkin stuffed in her car door handle.

“I took it out with my nails and threw it and got in the car. I asked (my husband) about it and he said he didn’t put a napkin in there,” she said.

Despite going back inside the restaurant to wash her hands, Mims and Marshall believe whatever was on that napkin transferred onto her door handle and into her body.Moments later, instead of heading to the spa as planned for a birthday treat, Mims was spending her special day fearing for her life in a hospital bed at HCA Houston Healthcare.

“It just makes me think that we’re not safe and that there are some crazy people going out in the world doing things.”

After running tests and flushing out Mims’ system, a doctor told her she had suffered acute poisoning but, because there was not enough of it in her system, they could not identify the substance. After posting about her experience on social media, Mims said she learned she may not have been the only one targeted.

“Someone reached out to me and let me know it wasn’t just my car but they saw it on multiple cars,” Mims said.

Now, the couple says they have gained a new sense of awareness.

“It just makes me watch my surroundings. I can read lips now. Whatever it is, I’m paying attention,” Marshall said

Houston Police Department is investigating the incident as a possible assault.

“What if my husband wasn’t there to bring me to the hospital immediately? What would’ve happened?” Mims asked.