A few weeks ago, I had some sort of stomach bug sneak up on me shortly after I got back to the office after lunch. I had only been back at my desk for about an hour and I got an instant headache and had goosebumps on my arms and legs. The weird part was... the goosebumps hurt!
I took some ibuprofen and tried to wait it out and after another hour I still felt the same and started to get a light headed. I left work and drove home and slept for a couple of hours in hopes of feeling better before I had to pick Em up from my parents.
It didn't help. When I woke up, I could add chills, wooziness and nausea to the ickiness that I was feeling. I didn't trust myself driving to pick Em up so I called and thankfully, they brought her home to me.
Em was excited to play nursemaid and take care of me that evening. I rested on the couch while she watched one of her favorite movies. Several times throughout the movie, she would tell me something funny and I was awake enough to respond and then fell back asleep.
Apparently I wasn't quite awake enough as the movie began to wrap up. I opened my eyes to see Emily standing about 6 inches away from my face with a freaked out look on her face. "What's wrong, Em?" I asked. She stammered in response, "I thought you were dying."
I had to smile and chuckle and that seemed to reassure her that I might survive.
(Amazingly, after I woke up, I felt 100% better and was back to my normal self. Whatever it was lasted about 6 hours and disappeared as quickly as it came on.)
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