I want to get this out while the details are still fresh in my mind.  I have really been shaken up by what just happened, and so writing this article is not going to be easy.

On Friday night, I went to bed shortly before midnight feeling perfectly fine.  But then in the middle of the night I had a dream which shook me greatly.  Some time after 2:00 AM I suddenly woke up after the dream had concluded.  I quickly realized that something was very, very wrong.  I sat up in bed to see if that would help, but it didn't.  So I stumbled out into the living room and sat down.  That didn't help either.  I went over to the refrigerator and got out some apple sauce.  I thought that if I got something in my system that might stabilize my physical condition.

All the noise that I was making awakened Meranda, and she asked me if I was okay.

Normally, I am the sort of person that tries to tough just about anything out, but in this case I simply responded with just one word: "No".

She came out to the kitchen to see what the problem was.  I had poured myself a little apple sauce and I was seated at the kitchen table.

I asked Meranda to get me a glass of water.  At this point I was sweating like mad.  I don't sweat at night, and so this was extremely unusual.  Sweat was literally pouring down my face, and I felt like I might pass out at any moment.  I literally felt like I might be dying, but I don't think that I was actually dying.  I was just in a severe state of physical distress as a result of the dream that I just had.

Meranda sat with me for a while, but there was nothing that she could do about my physical distress.

If I had passed out, I am sure that she would have called for an ambulance.

At one point I actually cried out to God for help, because I knew that physically I was at my limit.

Shortly thereafter, I got the answer to my prayer.  The extreme sweating came to a sudden halt, and then I started getting really cold.

I just felt so drained.