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If you have a fever, don’t ignore it, urges Central Florida radio legend Erica Lee.

“Pay attention to what your body is telling you.

If you have a fever, there’s a reason,” Lee said Thursday.

Via Facebook, Lee explained how her 2019 ended with a stay at Winter Park Hospital, which is near her home.

“My first time calling 911.

My first ride in an ambulance. My first case of pneumonia.” Lee wrote. “After 4 1/2 days in W.P. Hospital, I responded very well to IV antibiotics and steroids, and was released Tuesday evening.”

What was wrong?

“I erroneously always thought of pneumonia as a secondary ailment, resulting from the flu, bronchitis, a cold, etc.

1 year ago more.

WRONG!” she writes. “I had no indication there was anything out of order until I developed a low-grade fever in early December. Long story short — I had likely been incubating pneumonia for months.”

She called 911 on Friday, and paramedics were there in five minutes.

“I had a low-grade fever, but no other symptoms,” she said. “I didn