In 2019, I was staying at a fitness camp in Thailand. After doing 2.5 hours of kickboxing, I began to cough. Thinking it was probably from the intense workout, I brushed off the 1 .
But over the next few hours, I started struggling to2 breathe and my heart began to 3 . I panicked and decided to get help. As I was 4 myself to the front desk, a Thai woman saw me and asked what was wrong. I tried to 5 that I couldn't breathe.
The woman was so 6 . She was on the phone within 10 seconds, 7 a car to get me to a hospital. Another Thai woman came and talked to me for a few minutes, 8 me I would be okay at the hospital. Ten minutes later, the car came.9 , I was taken to a doctor's office. The nurse couldn't speak English but 10 me the whole time she examined me. Then she 11 "bronchitis" (支气管炎) on her phone and gave me some medications.
When I got back to the 12 , many people asked me if I was okay. They checked in on me multiple times a day and brought me food. Over the next week, I 13 .
It is hard to describe the 14 that I felt at the time, as well as the relief and thankfulness I felt being surrounded by so many 15 strangers who took care of me. I don't know what would have happened without them.
