Dear Best Friend: My body had betrayed me once again. Just six months ago, I was in the ICU begging for my life. Then recently, another treatment that was supposed to save my life (IVIG) was apparently declared an enemy by the evil dictator known as my immune system, and I went into a full-blown allergic reaction.
Time seemed to drag on forever and pass by in an instant. I was whisked into a seemingly never-ending nightmare of struggled breathing and doting nurses, feeling like a cobra was slowly wrapping around my throat.
I needed endless Benadryl, two shots of epinephrine, a plethora of medicine to get my heart and lungs in check, an ambulance ride, and to end it all, a stay in the MICU.
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