A woman has filmed herself crying in the plane’s toilet after battling illness during a 15-hour flight due to a ‘pastry mix’ that prompted Emirates to allegedly serve the ‘wrong’ cake cow horns for her.

Chloë Chapdelaine, 25, who has celiac disease, ordered a gluten-free in-flight meal before a recent 15-hour flight from Dubai to Los Angeles, California, on Monday, June 5.

Upon receiving her meal, the 25-year-old influencer was thrilled to receive a gluten-free continental breakfast, served on a tray labeled “gluten-free” an hour after her flight.

However, after eating half of the simple croissant provided with his meal, which didn’t have a gluten-free label, Chapdelaine decided to confirm with a flight attendant that it was indeed gluten-free. .

According to Chapdelaine, a flight attendant has finally confirmed it’s gluten-free, with footage dubbed “the worst flight of my life” showing the content creator inside a bathroom on the machine. bay explains what happened when she tried to make herself nauseous.

After an hour of vomiting, Chapdelaine said she spent the rest of the flight with nausea, severe stomach pain and diarrhea.

She also claimed she had itchy skin and said she would have to face the “mental consequences” of what happened in the weeks to come, which she said included brain fog and sensations. bored.

“When I was eating one of the croissants on the tray, I had a really bad feeling,” said the 25-year-old from Alberta, Canada, according to Kennedy News and Media. “It was delicious and I have never tasted such a delicious gluten free croissant before. “Then I questioned why they had such a good gluten-free label on a flight and this is where I questioned whether it was really gluten-free for a flight attendant. or not.”

According to Chapdelaine, the flight attendant “did pale” before checking to see if the pastry contained gluten. “She came back and told me it wasn’t on my plate and it wasn’t gluten-free,” Chapdelaine said, adding: “I was immediately shocked and started panicking. I’m very sensitive and my celiac will react to small amounts or cross-contamination.

“Knowing that I ate half a gluten-free croissant, which was quite a large amount and larger than I have ever reacted to in the past, I was really scared. I don’t know how I’m going to react.”

The traveler also noted that she’s not “sad” because she broke her gluten-free diet, but because she “knows that there will be a lot of symptoms that I might have to deal with the pair.” next pair. weeks or longer”.

“It was a moment of panic. I went to the toilet and made myself sick and stayed in it for about an hour, it was horrible,” she said of the actions she did after eating the croissant. “I knew if I didn’t do this my body would suffer more. I could feel the other symptoms start right away and it got worse from there.”

According to the 25-year-old girl, she was still starting to have symptoms. She explains: “I started having severe stomach ache, I had diarrhea, I felt nauseous and my skin started to itch – when I eat gluten, I get hives or a rash. “The initial symptoms for me were stomach problems but then rashes and hives.

“Then I have to deal with mental effects like brain fog or I get depressed for the next few weeks.”

Following his body’s response to croissants, Chapdelaine shared a clip on TikTok to show the dire impact of eating gluten on someone with celiac disease.

Chapdelaine said she hasn’t eaten gluten in the nearly nine years since being diagnosed with celiac disease, but this isn’t the first time she’s had a problem on a flight.

“For me, this isn’t the first time I’ve been exposed to gluten on an airplane,” she said. “Fortunately, I would have realized it before eating it last time, but otherwise, I would have eaten it and the same thing would have happened. It’s not a one-time thing and it happens on half of the flights I’ve taken – I travel all the time – the gluten-free meals are forgotten.”

From her experience, many people are also “quick to question why people with celiac disease don’t bring their own food on board,” Chapdelaine said.

In response, she explained: “First of all, this isn’t always possible because when you’re traveling and staying in a hotel room, you don’t have a kitchen to do so. Also, a lot of border security doesn’t allow you to bring food across the border. In many cases, you can’t bring meat, dairy or seeds or nuts, which removes a lot of product and makes it very difficult for me to bring my own food on board.”

The Canadian also said airlines need to take her allergies and intolerances on flights more seriously, and believes that if she had a nut allergy the situation would be different.

“I feel like celiac disease is not taken seriously [as nut allergies] sometimes,” she says, adding that she believes “people with allergies or food sensitivities deserve to live safely and be valued in their health and not always.” So”.

“I just hope airlines take allergies or medical conditions particularly seriously when serving food to passengers on board because it can have long-term effects for many people,” she continued. .

As for the airline’s response, Chapdelaine said Emirates flight attendants sympathized with her, but after filing a formal complaint, she has yet to receive a response from the airline.

An Emirates spokesman said: “We are disappointed to hear Ms Chapdelaine’s complaint. Emirates aims to cater to all of the specific needs of its passengers by offering a number of special meals that meet as many medical, dietary and religious requirements as possible.

“The safety and health of our customers is taken very seriously. Ms Chapdelaine has contacted our Customer Relations team and we are investigating the matter.”