Fever

Hellooooo fever!

I haven't seen you in a long, long time now. Your last visit was like, when? Oh yes, it was nearly a decade ago. It's amazing how you have isolated me and avoided me all these years..whatever have I done to be at the ignoring end of you? Instead, it's your little sisters, Flu and Cold, and your younger brother, Sore Throat, that have been regularly paying me a visit every now and then. It's tough making room for them when they randomly just show up and expect me to treat them like my VIP guests. But I don't have a choice.. I have to. I feed them honey water, garlic pills, Redoxen, occasionally they get oranges cause they love vitamin C, and of course I give them the best, most comfortable bed in the world. Mine, that is. They love it. They always spend hours and hours in it, even if they don't really sleep most of the time, due to their hyper activity.

Have you ever heard of the time when all three of your siblings came to stay? It was pure havoc. At first, Sore Throat showed up and for the first time, he was the most demanding little thing I had ever had to entertain. Nothing kept him quiet..honey water, garlic pills, sleep...none of them. I was on the verge of exasperation and then guess who showed up? Oh yes, Cold! She was also immensely difficult. I don't know why you've never kept her under control as the older sister, but honestly, she was behaving like nothing but a spoilt brat. It was sooo annoying, nothing kept her quiet either! Not even oranges, or hot baths and showers, she continued to whine like a little girl. At the same time, Sore Throat was throwing fits of tantrums, and I was at my wits' end as to how to deal with these entirely spoilt and ungrateful things who refused to leave till they were satisfied. Unfortunately, nothing seemed to satisfy them, and I had to put up with them for TWO WEEKS. Two weeks of hell, it was.

Or so I thought. See, I had been so occupied with the two that I didn't notice Flu sneaking in for her usual stay as well. I was not expecting her. At all. And she made no sound at her presence, but she just added to the havoc which was pretty much a tornado in my sights. Little did I know, her mood was worse than she usually was. While often moody, this time, she was nearly ten times of that. And my ignorance of her only made her even more motivated to add to my misery. She quietly aggravated her younger siblings, and sat back and watched as they plagued me with infected green phlegm(sometimes Cold would throw in red blood specks as well), unending sneezes, watery red eyes, and they Sore Throat was doing a tremendous job stabbing endlessly at my trachea. Oh, and Cold constantly troubled me with a blocked nose so I could not sleep, and had to entertain her instead.

I will not tell you how I finally got rid of them. Because, its a little secret that would only make you want to come back for more. No, never! Though, of all the siblings, Fever, you are the most matured and less problematic one. I don't mind you coming for visits. Well, as long as your mood stays mild and doesn't start boiling like a kettle of water.

Thank you for bringing along your little brother Sore Throat again. He seems to like my place. I wonder why though? And he's not been very happy with his usual honey water...I think I might have to pull out the big guns if he starts his tantrums again. But anyway, not to worry. I won't harm the little thing. I'm actually going to treat him for once tomorrow, by giving him Bird's Nest Soup, which I think he'd like. Maybe you'd like it too. Either ways, don't you worry about me not fulfilling my current duties to you.. the Panadol pill is riiiight next to me now, and I know you're salivating for it. But you gotta wait. Cause I can't think thoroughly with my English homework if you start getting all high with the Panadol. It makes my head spin. Though you're already gladly doing that..along with your other usual gifts of head-throbbings, and body aches, and dizziness. They're very much appreciated.

I hope you have a pleasant stay here, but do mind your manners. I don't tolerate misbehavior!

-Dedicated to all the sick people out there; I hope you all had a good laugh! Okay, so maybe its not thaaat funny, but yeah, that was the best I could come up with. Credits go to Fever, for igniting the idea within me. And Sore Throat, for being a huge pain.

Peace out!