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Mommyyy... I have a fever

So I haven't written in here for quite some time, but I finally back. This weekend was crazy... we lost the apartment we had, we found another apartment and were trying to settle accounts with the rental agency, we found more cochroaches, we went to an underground party with great 80's music, we had a few roommate issues to take care of, we spent a night watching movies over brownies and wine (followed up by watching SNL at 2 in the morning!), and finally we went to a potluck at our international church where we sat around and discussed all the bad words that sound funny (like the Australian whose mother wouldn't allow him to say "bugger"). But sunday night I woke up in the middle of the night with a fever. I tried to pass it off as nothing but by 10am I was shaking pretty hard core. So I went to bed and slept for a while, only to get worse. When I woke up about five hours later, I was much worse and my roomates got worried. I told them I was okay, I just had a fever. Sebastian went out to buy a thermometer. I finally took my temperature and it came out to be 40C, which is like 104F. My roommates didn't believe me, so I did it again and it was about the same. They wanted to take me to the ER, but I convinced them that I was okay, I just needed to sleep some more. SO I took a luke warm shower and went to bed. After sweating in my bed all night, I woke up this morning without a fever. I am still a little light headed, but that should pass soon.
So i called my mom and told her about my fever and she said that this random high fever thing used to happen to her too when she was a young adult. So I feel better knowing that my body is not going crazy, it is just fighting something off. I don't want to scare anyone, so don't be afraid. Everything is under control. But if you want to pray for me, I would love the prayers. Thanks!

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Anonymous said…
how's your fever going? i hope you're feeling better.

love, mom
beckalippy said…
I am feeling basically back to normal, except a little dizziness. It is really wierd to me that the fever was so intense and then just gone. Thanks for asking mom.

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