Summary: I just had my follow up appointment with my Doctor after spending almost 9 full days in the hospital...<br> <br> He told me, "Shane, you were 2-3 days from your organs failing... or worse. Thank God you went to the ER when you did. This kills people. It could have killed you."<br> <br> Here's what happened...<br> <br> I came home a few weeks ago from a speaking event in Florida.<br> <br> Over the next few days, I felt super tired all the time.<br> <br> You know the feeling, right?<br> <br> Where you just can't "wake up" all day, or find much motivation to do anything?<br> <br> At first I thought, "I'm probably just tired from traveling... I'll shake it off."<br> <br> Then the fevers started...<br> <br> 101...<br> <br> 102...<br> <br> 103... That's when I got a little scared.<br> <br> My brother sent me a text to check on me and I showed him the thermometer...<br> <br> <br> <br> He was right, I needed to go to the hospital, but I had a problem...<br> <br> We were in the middle of a snow storm and all the power at our house went out.<br> <br> I decided to "tough it out" and stay with my family so we could deal with the freezing weather (which I know know could have been fatal).<br> <br> We packed up the 4x4 pickup truck, and had to move over to my office for a couple days while the power was being restored at home...<br> <br> Then the fever got worse...<br> <br> 103.5...<br> <br> 104...<br> <br> Finally my fever hit 105...<br> <br> That's when things got scary.<br> <br> No matter how much Tylenol or Ibuprofen I took, the fever would not go down.<br> <br> My body started shaking violently. At times it was so bad I had to put a blanket between my top and bottom teeth to keep them from breaking!<br> <br> I contacted my doctor and some close friends in the medical field, they all said the same thing "Get to the Emergency Room."<br> <br> So I went.<br> <br> The first day in the ER, I was there 9 hours...<br> <br> The ER was packed with Covid patients, flu, and other sick folks.<br> <br> I sat there in a full sweatsuit, my hood over my head, trying to stop shivering.<br> <br> A nurse came around to take vitals on everyone waiting.<br> <br> She got to me... my blood pressures was very low...<br> <br> Then she checked my temperature...<br> <br> Her eyes got huge and she said "Holy $%*#!" when she looked at the number and ran off to get a doctor...<br> <br> They took me back and they tested me for Covid, flu, and viruses.<br> <br> Nothing, negative every test.<br> <br> They took blood cultures and told me, "it will take 24 hours to get the results. You can stay here or go home and rest there, we'll call you as soon as we know something."<br> <br> I went home...<br> <br> That was the worst night being sick of my life.<br> <br> Violent shaking, uncontrollable fever, sleeping on an old mattress we keep in the upstairs room of our office... kids in another room on air mattresses because our power was still out at home...<br> <br> A nightmare.<br> <br> Early the next morning I got a text from a great friend named Ben who worked in the emergency room...<br> <br> "Shane, get back to the hospital quick. Bring a bag, you are going to be here a while. Hurry, it's serious."<br> <br> Not good.<br> <br> We packed up and went to the ER...<br> <br> They took me back for another blood sample before being admitted...<br> <br> My fever was high...<br> <br> I was shaking...<br> <br> And suddenly, i passed out unconscious...<br> <br> When I woke up, two nurses and a national guardsman were picking me up and putting me in a wheelchair...<br> <br> I was scared, confused, groggy...<br> <br> My wife Jocelyn was home with the kids,
