I HAD A HIGH FEVER FOR EIGHT DAYS. MY HUSBAND KEPT SAYING WAIT UNTIL MORNING, SO I CALLED A CAB AND WENT ALONE. DURING THE EXAM, THE DOCTOR SAW MY LEG LEG AND IMMEDIATELY SHOUTED: ‘CALL 911 RIGHT NOW!’
By the eighth night of my fever, I was shaking so hard the glass of water beside me rattled against the nightstand.…