http://www.southwestobserver.com/give-me-51522925 Comments for "Give me 5" en http://www.southwestobserver.com/give-me-51522925 <p>By Nafis Ahmed<br /> Medill Reports - Chicago</p> <p>Retired police officer Gerald McLaughlin was vacationing in Mexico with his wife when he realized he couldn't feel his face. </p> <p>The 63-year-old Portage Park native was standing at a hotel bar the evening of March 12 when his beverage began to spill out of his mouth. </p> <p>"I took a sip, and it felt like my lips were totally full of Novocain," McLaughlin said. "The liquid went in and just came right back out."</p> <p><a href="http://www.southwestobserver.com/give-me-51522925">read more</a></p> http://www.southwestobserver.com/give-me-51522925#comments Announcements Beverly Morgan Park Mount Greenwood Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:09:22 -0600 Medill News Service 22925 at http://www.southwestobserver.com