My little brother, Patty, wanted to sell poppers at the parade this year, so my sister, Jordan, and I went with him. It was really hot and we walked a lot. None of us had really eaten or drank much. We walked all the way down one side of the parade and then started back up the other so we could meet our family at the spot they were sitting. We still had a little less than a mile to go I believe. We were all really thirsty and we had been saying we wanted to buy a drink as soon as we saw a place. We finally were able to buy some gatorade and I told them that I needed to sit down and drink a little as I was feeling hot and nauseous. They held a sign over me for shade and I sat there for about five minutes until I felt okay to walk again. When I got up, we started walking, but right away, someone yelled out that they wanted poppers. Jordan and Patrick went over to the people as Payt and I stayed standing there waiting. I told Payt I felt like I was going to pass out and everything was spinning at that point. Payt put her arm around me and I laid my head on her shoulder and that's all I remember. Next thing I know I woke up and so many heads were above me. I guess I had completely collapsed on Payt and people came to lift me off of her. They lay me out on the hot gravel and I as kind of conscious at that point because I remember saying that it was hot. Jordan says he lifted me off the ground at that point and put me in a chair. That's when I remember puking up the red gatorade as some lady held my hair back. The next thing I know I am lying in shade by the Bear's Den as the lady rubbed my feet and hands with water. They put a wet shirt on my head and I started to come back fully. Payt says the cops lifted me up, with my head flopping around and that's how I got over by the Bear's Den. I guess I completely passed out twice and everything is a blur. They all wanted me to go to the ER, but I just decided to get checked out in the ambulance. That's when my mom and Jonathan got there and they helped me into the cop car, that took me to the ambulance. They checked all my vitals and everything looked okay. I guess I was just hyperventilating a little. I signed off to not go to the hospital and my mom helped me walk back to our spot. I then realized that I had peed sometime during that whole thing. Luckily, I had on really dark blue capris.
It was quite the day and I felt pretty weak for the rest of the day. I am really grateful though for the people who helped me -- all of the strangers who did not know me. And I'm grateful for my sister who was there to catch me. She even said that she wished that no one would have helped cause they could have just let me lie there on her until I came back conscious. She's used to this as she is hypoglycemic. There really are such good people in the world and I am so grateful for that. And I also know that I need to eat and drink more when I'm going to be walking around in the heat like that. Lol. It was some fourth of July!
We spent the rest of the day at the pool and then I went to Tay's party later. Today has been hard and weird and I have just been sad for several reasons, feeling a little heartbroken. I want to turn my phone off for the rest of the day, get some things done, and spend time with my family.
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