Bent: KO’d By Rocky Mountain Fever

Bent: I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever last year in May. I woke up one morning and my body was completely covered in a burning rash. I went to the doctor and was immediately diagnosed with the fever, which by the way is a really bad fever. I had to take a week and half off from work and took a drug called Prednizone for seven days straight, along with high-powered antibiotics. I slept pretty much around the clock every single day, and had the worst case of fever chills I have ever experienced. it took almost three weeks to feel normal again.

Question: What is the sickest that you’ve ever been?

I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever last year in May. I woke up one morning and my body was completely covered in a burning rash. I went to the doctor and was immediately diagnosed with the fever, which by the way is a really bad fever.

I had to take a week and half off from work and took a drug called Prednizone for seven days straight, along with high-powered antibiotics. I slept pretty much around the clock every single day, and had the worst case of fever chills I have ever experienced. it took almost three weeks to feel normal again.

i walk my dogs in the woods every day, but this year I am training them to heal while I ride my bicycle, so I can run them on the centennial trail at a speed that will evade those nasty ticks…

I won’t feel safe in the woods until we’ve had a week in the 90s…they say that kills them off.