Mexicali Sandwich Illness Suspected - Subway, Plano Texas

340 Coit Road, Plano, 75075 Texas, United States

On Wednesday 1/04//2023, my son asked me to drop off lunch and I stopped by this food place, and ordered the 6” Mexicali. As I was dropping off his lunch, I smelled something weird, did mention it to my cousin who was with me at the time, and he told me it could be the wrapping paper they use for the sandwiches, so I didn’t think anything of it after that. I dropped off the lunch. I know he didn’t have breakfast that morning and the night before he had a fresh homemade meal of brown rice broccoli, and chicken, as did the rest of the family at around 6 pm. But right after school when I picked him up on Wednesday, he was complaining that he had a horrible stomach pain, headache, and he felt like throwing up. I immediately stopped by the store to pick up Pepto-Bismol for the symptoms, and Pedialyte just in case. At around 7 pm he started vomiting and told me he had diarrhea. He missed school Thursday and Friday of that week, and Monday through Wednesday. I took him to the doctor on Monday morning as that was the first available appointment. They ran blood tests and everything came back normal but he is still having cold sweats, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and pounding headaches ever since. He literally will take naps throughout the day and eat very little as the food he eats makes him more bloated and causes great stomach pain, and vomiting. He is staying hydrated drinking Pedialyte, Gatorade, and water at all times. Tylenol is not helping the unbearable pounding headache at all. I know for a fact this was food poisoning from here because we ate the same thing except the sandwich he had for lunch. He is not getting any better and his doctor has requested a stool sample to test for other bacteria. | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Headache, Stomach Pain, Bloating, Sweating