Cecilia Lucius Escapes The Plague

My name is Cecilia Lucius and it's September 21, in the 5th century. I live in Italy, today I helped my parents catch some animals. My family owns a butchery.

Today my parents let me off my job early so I went outside and ran through the fields of the tall green grass. While I was out running through the fields I felt a bit dizzy and light-headed so I headed home My parents told me to rest for the day and I should heal up and recover from whatever I was experiencing. I later woke up feeling a bit uneasy like I couldn't walk properly or something. I went to go check on my parents and they greeted me with a hug, I did feel a bit good at that time. I don't usually get a lot of affection from my parents.

While I was out sleeping and resting up, my parents were very worried and were praying all-day. After knowing that I did feel like apart of my family. I later was confronted by my parents that I should be getting treated. That it would make me feel better and they would be more sure, that I was okay. "Thoughts" I really didn't want to go" I had a feeling that if I was still semi-sick that I would have more affection and they would care more.

Even though I didn't want to go at all. I didn't like going outside since I'm outside most of the time. All I wanted to do was stay home and sleep. I was so tired.

GO to the hospital

Stay at home and sleep on it

Later that day my parents were still trying to convince me to go to the hospital to be treated for the plague. I really just didn't want to go, I honestly wasn't even scared I just want attention and affection like old times. "thoughts" Of course I went just like the good girl I am"

I later went to the hospital and got treated but the doctors discovered I had the plague. After hearing about the news I was so afraid. I had no idea what to feel, when I found out that I had the Plague.

The doctor diagnosed me with the plague. The plague is a disease that affects humans and other mammals. It is caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an animal infected with the plague. I felt shocked and chills down my spine.

The doctor told me after I woke up that the plague is deadly. Yersinia pestis is, the deadly bacterium that causes plague, kills by cutting off a cell's ability to communicate with other immune system cells needed to fight off the bacterial invasion.

I did end up passing out from the hospital all I remembered was that I was in the emergency room being treated and then "bang" I'm awake here. After I was pretty much fully awake and felt very uneasy. As if I was noodle and just got steamed up. It was hard for me to walk and think. I didn't really feel too good but better than before I was treated.

I feel glad that I got treated because I feel a lot more better. I still feel unstable though. They treated me with many different methods. Rubbing onions, spices, or a chopped up snake on boils, or chopping up a pigeon and rubbing it on an injured body were some of the remedies they sought. Consumption of vinegar, ground minerals, arsenic, mercury, or even ten-year-old treacle. My parents were crying and praying for me to beat this disease every single day. It truly gave me faith.

Fast forward 3 days I did still feel a bit uneasy, my parents had to close up their butcher business and I did feel faulted. Later that day I did start to show symptoms of the Plague again is was scary, having aches on my body, random headaches, and even feeling like I couldn't wake up

I was definitely getting scared again I feel like getting this symptom was a life scar for me. It was definitely very hard to forget that I had the Plague and was diagnosed the past few days were definitely a hard time for me getting aches, pain, and random spurts of pain.

The pain definitely left very big impacts on my life, I was scared everyday fearing that I would have to feel the pain I endured while having symptoms. It felt like the only thing that kept me going was my parents.

CLOSED

Today I felt even worse than yesterday, I felt more uneasy and dizzy so I decided to just laid for a bit and see if I get better. Later I stood back up and didn't feel any better I went to go see my parents and told them. I told them, I didn't feel so good, and they told me it was my decision to go back to the hospital or not. After they told me I walked away into my bedroom to think a little more about it and see if I got better. The next day I felt the same but I had more frequent aches.

The aches weren't that bad, it just kept repeatedly happening and gave me migraines.

Should Cecilia go back to the doctor

should she wait till tommorow and see if shes better

Later that day the pain got worse so I told my parents that I would like to go to the doctor, but as soon I went to tell them I started to collapse and fell straight onto the ground. When I woke up again I was in the hospital getting moved to a different room my parent were surrounding me and haven't realized I have woken up. I felt as if I just took a 24-hour nap, but in reality, I was only out for 30 minutes. By then I have arrived at the room needed for treatment and they started treatment for the plague. I overheard the conversation outside saying that this was an after-effect, but the doctor said it was usual to have this bad of an after-effect.

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should She confront her parents and over hear the conversation

Keep it too herself and act as if nothing happened