I got massively sick Sunday night -- sicker than I can ever remember being. Actual hospital sick.
They said it was a kind of stomach bug, but the more immediate problem was the dehydration it caused. I couldn't hold anything down, not even water, so after 6 hours of throwing up I stumbled to a cab to the emergency room and got pumped full of IV fluids and drugs.
For the next 36 hours I was completely wiped out. I had to cancel two auditions, which really sucks. One of them I can possibly make up another day. But I guess I was lucky. If this had happened on a Friday or Saturday there is no possible way I would have been able to go on stage. I mean, I could barely stand. To hell with that "show must go on" crap. I would have to do the show curled up on the stage in the fetal position with a bucket next to my head.
Anyway, I'm just grateful to be feeling human again. You know those times when you're sick and it's just so overwhelming you can't imagine a time when you could possibly feel well again? That's what it was like.
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That sounds suspiciously like norovirus. You know, like people get on cruise ships and in nursing homes. It can be really serious, as I'm sure you know, and it's also highly contagious. It's been spreading around the general population so wash your hands, people! Glad you're feeling better.
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