08-26-2021, 09:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-30-2021, 09:09 PM by Crunk. Edited 2 times in total.)
I wanna start by saying I am not writing this to create attention, sorrow, or feel sorry for me. I wanna thank a few people while writing this and just say some words in my head.
Hello, I'm Net. You may know me as Jaycee Higgins, Tin Tin, or some other name, or if you don't even know who I am, hi! I'm a relatively positive person so I'll do my best to not let this article bring you down. I have a tough time expressing sadness and anger in me, so I'm gonna be talking about a lot.
It started last Monday, I thought it was a normal day where I would play basketball with @"madmax", one of my IRL best friends. It was pretty fun, and besides a few snot rockets that I thought were from allergies it was fine. It started to worsen Tuesday morning, when we were planning to have a sleepover (and did) but I then was realizing these were not allergies, the smoke from California's fires was affecting people all across America, including Colorado where I am from.
Here is what the smoke looked like 8/19/2021:
The stuff that was in the midwest then was what I had just experienced days before. So I figured I was fine, just a slight mucus overload and in a few days I'd be okay.
This would be the start to one of the worst 2 weeks of my life, health wise.
Wednesday I got home from the sleepover but when I walked in, my mom said hi and these words came right out of my mouth.
"I'm about to pass out."
This lead to me going to my room, and just trying to relax for a bit. My parents are divorced and my dad would be picking me up in a bit under 3 hours. When the time came I went to my dad's, feeling like I was burning, and then figured out I had no fever. Coughing started to become a factor and then I just tried to recover. I told my dad it's not covid and the burning sensation in my nose was from the smoke, plus I could taste and smell, so that night I decided to make the most of it and completed the final "mission" of GTA V Storyline (not 100%, but after the Big One). Thursday I played some GTA V and went to work, telling myself if I can make it through half my shift I'll be satisfied. Coughing worsened and I couldn't take it anymore, leaving work at 5:30 (which is half way through my shift). Friday comes and I tell my dad again it's not covid, but when he got home we decided it was a good idea to get tested. I asked my friend who I had hung out with two days before if he had any symptoms, none luckily. I had a temp of 100 and was scheduled for a test the next day. It comes and my temp had gone down, after we took the test, we went to Target, with me feeling fine I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea. I got a lot of new clothes and I'm happy. Saturday night I forgot what happened not gonna lie, maybe won a championship in 2k MyLeague but I'm not sure. We are gonna fast forward to when I say, if I feel fine Tuesday, I'm going to school. Junior year is starting and I didn't wanna miss my first day. Sunday no result, and Monday, I woke up to the best news yet, Negative Covid Test. I was extremely happy and hadn't felt like that in a while. Covid free! I posted it on social media which leads to another bump. I had an argument that started from someone who was my best friend in 8th grade say it was f*cking stupid. I said my part, nothing to strong and he ended it with saying "You're gonna die sooner because of it." Who in their right mind says that? Blocked, unfollowed, everything. I've poured my heart out to this guy like I am right now and now we are were we are at. I went to my mom's house Monday and felt okay, having some NyQuil and being ready for day one of school.
Tuesday morning I wake up, I go get a slice of pizza that was leftovers and threw it up. It had to be butterflies, but that shows how nervous I was for school. I got my first day of school pic and went on the way. I felt fine for the most part, I think, coughing a lot. My friend was also experiencing a cold and at this point I don't think it was the smoke. He was worried about me getting others sick but no one in close contact had felt any symptoms. I go home and I feel like I'm burning, I have a headache and my mom is worried it's from me not eating enough. I'm 5'8" 125 and I try to eat enough food, which I usually am. I broke down a bit that night, worried it was never gonna go away. Wednesday morning I still have the headache and go to school, meeting up with the legend friend of mine Peyton. He's cool, maybe he'll join someday. Anyways, I felt fine, we got some 7/11 and that weirdo got a whipped cream bottle. I played Kickball, listened to some music, and went home feeling like I was burning again. I go to my dads and my headache is at 100.5-101.3. It dropped down to 100.3 range when I went to bed (not before baking some brownies) and was hyped for today. I woke up with a 99.3, yes a 99.3. I took some benadryl and it was raised to 99.9 when I left but overall not a lot today. Some snot and that's it. It was a really good day. I go home feeling good and then around 5 today, it started again. Only around 5-6:30 it would occur again. I took my temp, 101. I am pretty sad at this point, just took it a bit ago and it was at 101.6. Now to the next part.
I decided to write this because with the help of many others, I've found light in this dark time. If you ever think you are alone, stop thinking that and realize you never are.
Now I wanna thank the following:
@Symmetrik my PBE GM buddy, you were the first to know and you checked up on me a lot. I'm thankful you've been there this whole time man, Buffalo4Life.
The KC and Minnesota Discords, Minnesota you listened to most of the experience and even convinced me to get tested. KC you guys rock and while our season ended sadly, I wanna thank you all for the journey.
The Scouts who have reached out, it's an amazing experience. I mean that. Each one of you has impressed me and I'm gonna be happy wherever I go. It's amazing to see the scout dm pop up. Thank you al
A big one here...@g2019 @MN_Moosey @Dp-420 @Dolphins @SouljaBoy2007 @Michiganonymous @Dagumpa @captjanko @Doornob @LimJahey @Skindog44 @woelkers @TheCC @Asked Madden @crazylemire @Pablo Sanchez#5146 @RussDrivesTheBus. All have made my time better and I'm thankful for the amount of interaction we've had recently, making my day better.
I love you all, and again I don't want anyone to feel bad for me or create attention. I simply just wanted to vent and really just say my current status. I'll still be max earning and hyped for draft day, I'll be available always. I have school so if I don't respond fast that's why.
Much love ISFL, always.
Hello, I'm Net. You may know me as Jaycee Higgins, Tin Tin, or some other name, or if you don't even know who I am, hi! I'm a relatively positive person so I'll do my best to not let this article bring you down. I have a tough time expressing sadness and anger in me, so I'm gonna be talking about a lot.
It started last Monday, I thought it was a normal day where I would play basketball with @"madmax", one of my IRL best friends. It was pretty fun, and besides a few snot rockets that I thought were from allergies it was fine. It started to worsen Tuesday morning, when we were planning to have a sleepover (and did) but I then was realizing these were not allergies, the smoke from California's fires was affecting people all across America, including Colorado where I am from.
Here is what the smoke looked like 8/19/2021:
The stuff that was in the midwest then was what I had just experienced days before. So I figured I was fine, just a slight mucus overload and in a few days I'd be okay.
This would be the start to one of the worst 2 weeks of my life, health wise.
Wednesday I got home from the sleepover but when I walked in, my mom said hi and these words came right out of my mouth.
"I'm about to pass out."
This lead to me going to my room, and just trying to relax for a bit. My parents are divorced and my dad would be picking me up in a bit under 3 hours. When the time came I went to my dad's, feeling like I was burning, and then figured out I had no fever. Coughing started to become a factor and then I just tried to recover. I told my dad it's not covid and the burning sensation in my nose was from the smoke, plus I could taste and smell, so that night I decided to make the most of it and completed the final "mission" of GTA V Storyline (not 100%, but after the Big One). Thursday I played some GTA V and went to work, telling myself if I can make it through half my shift I'll be satisfied. Coughing worsened and I couldn't take it anymore, leaving work at 5:30 (which is half way through my shift). Friday comes and I tell my dad again it's not covid, but when he got home we decided it was a good idea to get tested. I asked my friend who I had hung out with two days before if he had any symptoms, none luckily. I had a temp of 100 and was scheduled for a test the next day. It comes and my temp had gone down, after we took the test, we went to Target, with me feeling fine I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea. I got a lot of new clothes and I'm happy. Saturday night I forgot what happened not gonna lie, maybe won a championship in 2k MyLeague but I'm not sure. We are gonna fast forward to when I say, if I feel fine Tuesday, I'm going to school. Junior year is starting and I didn't wanna miss my first day. Sunday no result, and Monday, I woke up to the best news yet, Negative Covid Test. I was extremely happy and hadn't felt like that in a while. Covid free! I posted it on social media which leads to another bump. I had an argument that started from someone who was my best friend in 8th grade say it was f*cking stupid. I said my part, nothing to strong and he ended it with saying "You're gonna die sooner because of it." Who in their right mind says that? Blocked, unfollowed, everything. I've poured my heart out to this guy like I am right now and now we are were we are at. I went to my mom's house Monday and felt okay, having some NyQuil and being ready for day one of school.
Tuesday morning I wake up, I go get a slice of pizza that was leftovers and threw it up. It had to be butterflies, but that shows how nervous I was for school. I got my first day of school pic and went on the way. I felt fine for the most part, I think, coughing a lot. My friend was also experiencing a cold and at this point I don't think it was the smoke. He was worried about me getting others sick but no one in close contact had felt any symptoms. I go home and I feel like I'm burning, I have a headache and my mom is worried it's from me not eating enough. I'm 5'8" 125 and I try to eat enough food, which I usually am. I broke down a bit that night, worried it was never gonna go away. Wednesday morning I still have the headache and go to school, meeting up with the legend friend of mine Peyton. He's cool, maybe he'll join someday. Anyways, I felt fine, we got some 7/11 and that weirdo got a whipped cream bottle. I played Kickball, listened to some music, and went home feeling like I was burning again. I go to my dads and my headache is at 100.5-101.3. It dropped down to 100.3 range when I went to bed (not before baking some brownies) and was hyped for today. I woke up with a 99.3, yes a 99.3. I took some benadryl and it was raised to 99.9 when I left but overall not a lot today. Some snot and that's it. It was a really good day. I go home feeling good and then around 5 today, it started again. Only around 5-6:30 it would occur again. I took my temp, 101. I am pretty sad at this point, just took it a bit ago and it was at 101.6. Now to the next part.
I decided to write this because with the help of many others, I've found light in this dark time. If you ever think you are alone, stop thinking that and realize you never are.
Now I wanna thank the following:
@Symmetrik my PBE GM buddy, you were the first to know and you checked up on me a lot. I'm thankful you've been there this whole time man, Buffalo4Life.
The KC and Minnesota Discords, Minnesota you listened to most of the experience and even convinced me to get tested. KC you guys rock and while our season ended sadly, I wanna thank you all for the journey.
The Scouts who have reached out, it's an amazing experience. I mean that. Each one of you has impressed me and I'm gonna be happy wherever I go. It's amazing to see the scout dm pop up. Thank you al
A big one here...@g2019 @MN_Moosey @Dp-420 @Dolphins @SouljaBoy2007 @Michiganonymous @Dagumpa @captjanko @Doornob @LimJahey @Skindog44 @woelkers @TheCC @Asked Madden @crazylemire @Pablo Sanchez#5146 @RussDrivesTheBus. All have made my time better and I'm thankful for the amount of interaction we've had recently, making my day better.
I love you all, and again I don't want anyone to feel bad for me or create attention. I simply just wanted to vent and really just say my current status. I'll still be max earning and hyped for draft day, I'll be available always. I have school so if I don't respond fast that's why.
Much love ISFL, always.