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wackadoo wabbit

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8. I nearly died from the mumps

Reply to Chin music (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 16, 2021, 10:22 PM

Nov 2021

I don't remember anything about it, but my mother always told me that I had a fever of 106° at one point, and the doctor told her that he didn't think I would make it.

I'm still here, though, so there's that.

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The virus that causes 'immune amnesia' [View all] Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 OP

I was so young when I got the measles I can hardly remember it Walleye Nov 2021 #1

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I nearly died from the mumps wackadoo wabbit Nov 2021 #8

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Shit, no wonder I was so sick as a kid. lark Nov 2021 #2

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Interesting Freddie Nov 2021 #6

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