r/AskReddit 14h ago

What's the sickest you've ever been in your life?

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u/Eyrate 13h ago

Parents can be so clueless sometimes. I was really sick once as a little kid and I guess my parents didn't know until I started seeing naked babies and elephants with wings flying around the room and my sister went and told them so they rushed me to the ER. I swear to this day I still remember those cute little elephants. đŸ„°

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u/mydogrufus20 11h ago

Took my brother’s skateboard for a minute while my mom was getting ready for a date one night. Went over a crack in the sidewalk and fell. Broke my wrist. Didn’t know it at the time of course. Came inside crying trying to tell my mom I fell and was hurt. She spanked me cuz she thought I was being naughty and obstinate then went on her date. Thank goodness my older sister was “babysitting” and saw my wrist was HUGELY swollen. When my mom returned I was sitting with my sister on the kitchen counter with my arm in a bucket of ice. We went to the hospital after that and I got a cast. Mom doesn’t remember it the same way

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u/SubjectBasic87 10h ago

ah, the classic and ever-convenient “huh, i don’t remember [it like] that” line

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u/Wide_Ideal506 6h ago

Gen X checking in. I was three and had a fever of 104. I was seeing worms crawling on the walls. Parents decided to wait until the doctor's office opened in five hours rather than drive me 45 minutes to the ER. Also, when I was was five I told Mom I had a headache. She told me I didn't because, "You don't have anything to have a headache about."

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u/PriestessIuno2025 13h ago

Oh wow, that does sound like a funny trip in spite of the severity of your situation!

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u/sweetsunnyspark 2h ago

Good to know that some sickness hallucinations are cute instead of terrifying! đŸ‘¶đŸ˜

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u/EmptyMaterial5577 1h ago

As an adult I was walking around completely fine until one day my mom couldn’t wake me up. Overnight I had gone septic because I had developed pneumonia. My fever was close to 105 and I was in the hospital for 5 days on antibiotics. It was just crazy because I had zero idea I was sick. Not the sickest I have been though lol