The next morning, my fever had subsided, though I still felt weak, not as steady on my feet as before.

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But for my money, Dengue Fever really hit their stride when they rock out and let Nimol lay into quirky, melodramatic Khmer melodies.

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My second brother's trumpet fever didn't abate, however.

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My loving uncle was diagnosed with dengue fever and I will never forget the look of pain in his eyes.

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My throat felt slightly better, but the fever was still raging.

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On Easter Sunday 2011, a fever of 106 degrees, caused by numerous serious side effects from my disease, landed me in the hospital for 30 days and snowballed into two surgeries, one of which took nine and a half hours, and an unexpected five-month absence from the company I founded.

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My body felt hot all over, the way it did at the onset of a fever.

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