It was August 16th, one week since Fluttershy had gone to the hospital, at about seven a.m. in the morning. Normally on a morning like this, I'd be up before the rooster even crowed and I'd sit down to have a scrumdiddlyumptious breakfast (probably some super-duper sugary cereal or even cupcakes if it was a really special day) while checking my calendar to see what parties needed to be planned. That morning, it was a different story.
That morning, I woke up with an awful tummy-ache. It was so bad that I couldn't bring myself to eat even the tiniest little bite, which is unusual because I could usually eat an enormous amount of treats. In fact, one time I ate an entire batch of cupcakes and I still felt kind of hungry afterwards. Did I ever tell you how much I love cupcakes? I could talk about them all day because there are just so many. There's vanilla, chocolate, red-velvet, strawberry, blueberry, and evenâoh, wait! I guess I got a little distracted, sorry, everypony. Anyway, I decided that if I didn't feel good, I would stay in bed for the day. Then I decided to take my temperature and it was almost 102 degrees. I was so tired that I fell fast asleep immediately after that.
Days went by and I didn't do much except sleep most of the time. I made sure that I was drinking enough water and that I had extra blankets in case the chills started to kick in. But no matter what I was doing, I wasn't getting any better. I used to get tummy-aches a lot when I was a filly, but they went away after a while if I rested. I actually think I was getting worse because I hadn't even eaten the teensiest little crumb in days. Just the smell or even the look of food made my tummy feel yucky. Then, on the morning of August 21st, I woke up with the worst tummy-pain I'd ever had! It felt like a gigantic party balloon was being blown up inside of me. Did I ever mention how much I love balloons, too? They might be even better than cupcakes, but that's a really hard decision to make. Just like cupcakes, there are so many different kinds. There's big ones, tiny ones, skinny ones, round ones, there's even ones that look like- oopsie! I lost focus again, silly me! So, when I woke up with that awful tummy ache that morning I decided that this was no ordinary tummy bug and that I needed help. So I decided to go to the hospital.
