I had a pretty wild experience last night. I was pretty hot already before I got in the shower last night and I normally like to take a hot shower but it’s been so hot lately that I know I need to take cooler showers. So I’ve been turning down the temperature from what I had it in the spring, winter, and even last fall. But I guess I didn’t turn it down enough. I prefer to shave in the shower instead of at the sink because it’s convenient to just use the shower to wash everything down the drain. Plus I do it better by feel than by looking at myself in the mirror anyway. So I’m already hot from the summer heat and I’m taking a long hot shower. I didn’t think it was too hot cuz I turned the temperature down to medium but apparently it was still too hot. After I’d been in the shower for about 45 minutes or so I was feeling a little queasy. I knew exactly what was happening. I was starting to get heat stroke. My brother and my mom each had it happen to them once and I too had it happen to me a few years ago but it wasn’t nearly as bad as what came next. The first time it happened to me I just got out of the shower and got a drink of ice cold water and I was fine after a while. Though I was quite shaky from it. This time however was much worse. Right away I knew I had to get out of the shower. I was queasy and I started to feel tingly all over my body. I actually felt like I might throw up. A voice in my head told me I needed to open the door when I got out of the shower so that the cool air from outside the room could cool me down a bit. At first I ignored it and thought I could just be quick in getting dressed and it’d be fine. The reason I ignored it was because my mom has a hard time sleeping so she wakes up in the middle of the night and spends all night on the couch doing stuff and I thought if I opened the door she might walk past while I was naked. So I quickly finished showering and then as I got out of the shower I started to feel dizzy and again the voice said to open the door. This time I took it seriously because I knew I was starting to have heat stroke. Now that I think back on it that was probably a prompting from the Spirit considering what happened next. Just as I opened the door I was starting to feel so dizzy that I could barely stand. I had somewhat dried myself off with my towel but I was so dizzy that I couldn’t even finish drying off and I had to cool down immediately. I was starting to lose any sense at this point and all I could focus on was getting cool air on me. Suddenly my body just stopped working. I swung the door open without thinking and I fell to the floor in the hallway. Apparently when I opened the door it swung open hard and banged against the wall which woke up my dad. I was so out of it that I wasn’t even aware of this. This morning I also discovered that the left side of my butt is super sore so I must’ve hit the ground really hard. I wasn’t aware of that either at the time cuz again I was so out of it that I just couldn’t focus on anything except cooling down. My body was shutting down. I couldn’t move, I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t even see anymore. Yeah, my body was shutting down so much that I couldn’t even see. I was totally blacking out. I was still conscious but I couldn’t think and I couldn’t move and I couldn’t do anything except sit there and groan. I groaned as loud and long as I could because that’s all I could do. I was freaking out. I didn’t even care that I had just taken a shower but I was now naked on the dirty floor. I just knew I was in serious trouble. I really thought I was dying. So there I was, completely naked, sitting on the floor and leaning against the wall in the hall as I’m just groaning loudly and senselessly. I had no coherent thought in my head. I was just in agony and I needed help. It felt like an eternity. I’d felt this feeling before many times when I’d gotten lightheaded and I’d just lose control of my body and collapse on the floor but it had never lasted this long before. My dad came out and found me and wrapped a couple towels around me. I still couldn’t see or move but when my dad asked me if I was okay I was barely able to get out the words “Water! I need water!” I still couldn’t see but I could hear my dad going into the kitchen and I said “I need cold water! Get the bottle of Fiji water in the fridge!” I knew exactly what was happening to me and I knew how to treat myself but I couldn’t move. So it’s a good thing my dad was there. My mom was actually impressed after the fact that I knew exactly what was wrong with me and knew what to do. So once my dad got me the water I told him I needed him to give it to me because I couldn’t move. So he put it to my lips and I started drinking and I immediately started to feel better. My brain was no longer fuzzy and I could see again and I was starting to be able to move again just a little bit. Just enough that I was able to lift up my hand and hold the bottle myself. A little bit at a time I drank and the more I drank the more I felt better. I was able to talk and I explained everything that had happened to my parents. I still couldn’t get up yet and I joked about how I was completely naked and my dad said he had put a couple towels on me so I was fine. None of that mattered anymore because I was in crisis. I drank that whole bottle as I was sitting there and when I finished I instantly felt strong enough to stand up. I was still a little confused as to what to do now cuz I was dirty all over again. My first instinct was to just go lie down on my bed. Still wearing nothing but a couple of towels that were draped over me. I decided to just rinse off real quick in the shower but made sure it was much colder this time. Then I got ready for bed like I normally would and talked to my parents about the whole ordeal. They were both wide awake now and even though it was the middle of the night my mom decided to make breakfast. I talked to her about all that had happened and I still felt weak and shaky but I was at least able to function. I didn’t go to bed until about 4:30 in the morning and I don’t think I got to sleep until about 5. But finally the ordeal was over and I was able to just relax. I had my fan on and I had no covers on. I really needed to cool off.
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27 Jun 2024 23:30 CEST
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