Last night Kuniko we t out with some coworkers after work, had a glass of beer, and then suddenly felt cold chills all through her body. She begged off early, and came straight home. I tucked her under the electric blanket and checked her temperature, and she had a raging fever (39.7 C / 103 F). We kept her full of sports drink and soup, and she crashed out early.
That is your body on exhaustion shutdown.
Luckily this morning her temperature was normal – her fever had broken overnight. She’s taking the day off work today (which may be the first sick day in her life as far as I know). I think normally she’d go into work, but she’s very aware that on the day after tomorrow she needs to be on the plane to New Zealand taking care of her students. Hopefully the day off will be enough to get her back on her feet.
