#pfapa

[hamsterwalled]

I think Teru has an autoimmune disease, (lupus or PFAPA). Because I said so

Ok I actually do have reasons. Lupus and PFAPA are both autoimmune diseases. Lupus causes flu-like symptoms like fevers, fatigue, and joint pains, (among other things obviously), and PFAPA causes fevers, a sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes, (also among other things). This is all stuff that Teru (probably) deals with during his fevers.

Do you know what makes autoimmune diseases flare up and get worse? Stress. Do you know what's really stressful, especially for Teru? Losing. Losing ANYTHING.

That boy probably hasn't been to a doctor in YEARS. He doesn't know what an autoimmune disease is, and he definitely wouldn't know if he had ome. Plus he's like 14 and he has psychic powers. For all he knows, psychosomatic fevers are EXACTLY what's going on, and in his mind it would make perfect sense that something that bizarre would happen to someone like him.

[bratzforchris]

Goldfish

Summary: Matt has a chronic illness that the nurses at his local clinic are all too familiar with. The new nurse in town hasn't had a chance to meet him yet, but what happens when she does?

Pairing: Matt x nursefem!reader

Warnings: Mentions of needles and blood, chronic illness, use of medical steroids, flirty nurse!reader (this is all fiction!), Matt is 20/reader is 23, Matt has a service dog!!

Word Count: Just over 2k

A/N: This is lowkey inspired by the experience I had a few days ago with a flirty nurse while I was in the ER (I'm still thinking about him--had me giggling n kicking my feet n shit like I was in a rom com [this is definitely a story time]). ANYWAY, Matt has PFAPA (my chronic illness!) here. It's usually a childhood thing, but some rare cases like myself don't grow out of it. You can read more about it here, if you'd like. Enjoy!!

Matt Sturniolo is all too familiar with his local pediatric emergency room. In fact, he’s been there so many times that the nurses have started to treat him as less of a patient, and more of a friend. “Hey Matt!”, “How’s YouTube going, Matt?”, “I remember you!”,  “I saw you last time!”, and the list went on. Some might ask why he still went there at almost 21, but when you had a chronic illness, it was best to see the people who had been caring for you for years if you could. These nurses had been caring for him at least once a month, ever since he was 12, and were usually quite skilled in how to manage the brunette’s comfort. 

Matt had PFAPA, which left him with high fevers and extremely sore, almost strep like sore throats every month. It was a miserable thing to live, and it really impacted his happiness, especially on days like today when he was having one of the worst flare ups he’d had in a long time and both Nick and Chris were unable to come along with him to the doctor. Luckily for Matt, he had his service dog, Emily, with him, but he still longed for a human companion as well. While some people wondered why he ‘needed’ a service dog, Matt’s disability was invisible. Emily would let him know when his flare ups were starting as well as laying on him to soothe his body aches and chills and helping with his anxiety at doctor visits. 

The nurse tech took him into the back rather quickly, running their usual tests of strep, the flu, and COVID. About 98% of the time, they would all come back negative, but the hospital staff liked to do all they could to make Matt more comfortable. Sure enough, the nurse practitioner stepped in about 30 minutes later, a sad look on her face. 

“How are you feeling, Matt?”

Matt shrugged, grimacing as his throat ached when he swallowed. “‘M not great.” he murmured, petting his pup’s head softly as the anxiety welled in his chest. 

“Well, everything came back negative,” she told, a sad look on her face. “We can test you for mono, though. You have a lot of the symptoms for that. That one is a blood test. We’re also going to give you an IV since you’re dehydrated.”

That sentence alone made him want to cry. Despite the tattoos and piercings he had, Matt hated medical needles. They hurt and they freaked him out. Sensing his anxiety, Emily scooted closer to Matt, whining softly and butting his leg with her head. Matt pet the dog’s head softly, steadying himself to get his breath. “Okay…” he breathed, steadying himself. 

The nurse practitioner patted his leg gently, hurrying out of the room to attend to her other patients. Matt began to panic, his breathing rapidly increasing as tears welled in his eyes. He didn’t want any of this. He just wanted them to tell him what was wrong so he could get some meds, go home, and sleep. Patting the bed he was laying on gently, Emily hopped up, curling into Matt’s side. The pooch rested her head on her owner’s chest, subconsciously working to slow the brunette’s heart rate. 

A few minutes later, another nurse and a lab tech stepped into the small room he was in, holding a tray full of supplies. Matt squeezed his eyes shut tightly at the sight, already dreading the feeling of getting blood drawn. Both healthcare workers were very kind, of course, whispering soft nothings to him as they patted his leg and prepared to draw his blood. They promised him that the procedure would be quick and easy, but those words never mixed well with a chronic illness. 

“Your vein rolled because you’re dehydrated. We’re going to have to draw from your other arm.” the lab tech informed him.

“O…kay.” Matt whispered shakily, trying to get his breath and the feeling in his hand back. 

The brunette knew that it was okay to cry, but that didn’t make it any less embarrassing. He was a grown man, laying here in a kid’s hospital room, trying not to cry while they tried to draw his blood again in his right arm. Unfortunately for Matt, the dehydration he was experiencing from his extremely sore throat caused his vein to roll again.

“Oh sweetheart,” the nurse said sympathetically, patting his leg. “We’re going to give you a minute, okay? Let’s get some water and Gatorade in you before we try again.”

Matt just nodded as he was passed a mini water bottle and a cherry Gatorade. He was hearing their words, but honestly, he didn’t care. All he knew was that he was going to be poked and prodded again, and he didn’t like it. Emily snuggled into his side, whining softly and brushing her sandpaper tongue against her owner’s arm, trying desperately to get Matt to feel better. 

“Alright, honey,” the sweet, older nurse stepped into Matt’s room again, holding a fresh tub of supplies to draw his blood. “Let’s try it in your left hand, okay?”

Because chronic illness never made things easy, the third time was still a failure, leaving Matt with an already bruising hand and tears pricking his eyes. Before he knew it, he was being shoved a packet of goldfish crackers, a popsicle, and more water, being informed that he had to eat before they could try again. The snacks felt like swallowing shrapnel, making the boy cringe every time he had to swallow. 

“Hello, oldest patient of the day!” You cheered, practically walking into Matt’s room on a cloud of glitter. 

Matt jumped in shock, petting his dog’s head to calm his racing heart. “...hi…” he mumbled. 

“They called me in for backup,” You explained, a smile on your face. You absolutely loved nursing, and every day at your job truly felt like a gift. You’d graduated from nursing school last year at the top of your class and had been working in the pediatric emergency room ever since. It wasn’t every day that you had a patient who was 20, but you didn’t mind. “We’re getting this blood draw this time so you can get the fuck out of here,” You slapped a hand over your mouth. “Shit, I’m sorry. I hope you don’t mind if I curse.”

For the first time all day, a small giggled made its way out of Matt’s mouth. “No, I’m okay.”

“I see you have a buddy,” You commented. “That’s nice.”

“She helps my…anxiety.” Matt seemingly chose his words carefully, but they still made you smile. It was clear that the boy had a bond with his pup. 

“I’m gonna look at your tonsils first so we can get you some medicine to help you swallow and then we’ll draw your blood, okay?” You asked, wanting to make sure your patient was comfortable with everything. 

At the mention of a blood draw, Matt’s blue eyes widened with anxiety, his body becoming visibly tense. You had become in tune with this, sliding on a pair of pink latex gloves and patting the soft material of the pajama pants on his knee. 

“Hey, look at me,” You murmured softly, waiting for his response. Once Matt had looked at you, you chugged on. “We’re just chilling, okay? I’m not going to do anything yet.”

Matt nodded, letting out an anxious breath he’d been holding. “Okay.” he whispered. 

You grabbed the flashlight to look in his throat off the wall. “Alright, I’m pretty sure you know the drill,” You chuckled. “Open and say ‘ahhh!’...oh yeah, you’ve got an icky throat. That looks like it hurts. Although…did you have a blue popsicle? You’ve got blue tonsils. It’s rather endearing.”

Matt flushed, his ears going red as he nodded. You smiled softly, throwing away the cap and hanging the flashlight back on the wall. You gave the boy the steroidal liquid the nurse practitioner had drawn up for him to ease the swelling in his throat, a blush creeping onto your face as Matt scrunched his eyes up at the disgusting taste, quite literally making grabby hands for his Gatorade. 

“Fuck, that’s gross.” he whined. 

“At least you got it over with!” You hummed cheerfully, in a small aim to make him feel better. “Unfortunately, it’s time for the bad part, but we can make it a little less shitty if you want? Maybe you could play me some music? Something you like, okay?” 

Matt fiddled with his phone for a moment before landing on Dominic Fike’s latest release. You smiled at the lyrics, releasing this was one of your favorite songs at the moment. You prepped the materials needed to finally get Matt’s blood drawn for the mono test, patting his knee gently in an effort to calm his trembling frame as he rubbed his pup’s head. 

“Hey, can I tell you something?” You whispered shyly, setting him up for the procedure. “You’ve got goldfish in your teeth–it’s really cute.” You giggled, your own cheeks becoming red. 

The brunette whined, breathing deeply as you began to draw his blood. “That’s embarrassing.” he grunted. 

A few deep breaths and small, sad noises later, you had finally gotten the sample needed. “We got it!” You told Matt excitedly, placing a Barney band aid across the site. “All done!”

You bustled around the room, making sure Matt was comfortable, throwing away your supplies, and making notes on your clipboard. You helped the boy drink water and got him (and Emily) a blanket, before taking his samples down to the lab to get checked out. By the time everything was said and done, an hour had passed and Matt was asleep against the small bed when you knocked on his door. 

“Hey sleepyhead,” You giggled, stepping into the room. “Nice nap?” Matt fisted his eyes, nodding as you went over his discharge instructions. You always hated releasing patients with no explanations or answers as to why they felt so bad, but in cases like Matt’s, that wasn’t always possible. Your best bet was to make him as comfortable as possible here. “Do you have any questions?”

The brunette shook his head, finally able to speak now that the steroids were beginning to work their magic on his throat. “No, but thank you. You’ve been the best nurse I’ve had all day…maybe even ever.”

You blushed at the compliment, helping the boy stand since you knew he was already exhausted, dehydrated, and lightheaded from having his blood drawn. “Do you need help getting to your car? I actually just got off.” You murmured shyly, glancing at the clock on the wall. 

Despite Matt’s steadiness on his feet and his grip on Emily’s leash, the blue-eyed boy nodded all the same, a quietly flustered look crossing his face. You smiled yourself, maneuvering Matt out to his car with a firm, yet gentle hand on his lower back. Thankfully, the waiting room had quieted down quite a bit now that it was nearing the evening, so no one questioned or pulled you away from walking Matt out. It was a slow trek with your patient being a bit unsteady on his feet, but you didn’t mind. Matt’s presence made you happy in an odd sort of way; you hated that he wasn’t well and that this would continue to happen for him, but you couldn’t stop your mind from thinking about seeing him again. 

“I um…I hope this isn’t weird, but I would really like to see you again. Maybe another time? When you’re not in pain?” You coughed and chuckled awkwardly, rubbing the back of your neck. 

He smiled as he slid into the driver’s seat, rubbing his aching head that was seemingly getting better just by being around you. “I’d like that,” he offered. “I’d like that a lot, actually.”

Matt didn’t end up leaving his trip to the hospital with many answers beside the usual ‘It’s your chronic illness’, but what he did end up leaving with was your phone number scribbled onto a pink sticky note that he had been given in the parking lot. 

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[nicksbestie]

Can I request more luke and Avery?

Monthly

word count : 1117

warnings : none

disclaimer!!! i am not extremely educated in this chronic illness, it's based off of my friend's experience. she has a post about it as well, with a link to learning more about it if you're interested!! @lukeontheredline

with that being said, enjoy!

<3

Chronic illness is arguably the worst thing to hit Avery’s life since, well, ever.

Especially since hers was particularly painful. She had PFAPA, causing monthly flare ups that caused her so much discomfort. It caused high fevers, joint pain, sore throats and spots, all around anguish. It was even worse when she regressed during a flare up, because she was normally quite the verbal little, and the pain in her throat kept her from speaking as much. 

It also made her cry a lot more, because she was in so much pain. Which in turn, didn’t help at all, and arguably made it worse. Her not being able to regulate her own temperature was a huge struggle, rarely being comfortable, and the fatigue from all of the discomfort kept her in bed, if not asleep, almost all day. Luckily, after two years, Luke was skilled at handling it and making it better in any way he possibly could. 

She’d woken up that morning and immediately her face had dropped into a pout, tears building as she pushed her head into Luke’s shoulder and just let him hold her. He’d been tracking her flare ups for a while, they were just regular enough that he could tell a day or two prior that she wasn’t feeling well. As soon as she went limp in his arms, sadly hugging him, he knew she was in pain. 

Placing the back of his hand onto her forehead, he grimaced when he realized that she was burning up. Her body was way too warm for him to hold her by arms for a long time, so he gently grabbed the oversized baby wrap and comforted her while he adjusted her into it and around himself. He knew she wasn’t going to want to eat a whole lot, and not wanting to aggravate the pain in her throat, he got her a grape popsicle. Breakfast could be sugar today, she deserved it for everything she was going through. 

However, when she reached for it, the tears overwhelmed her and she burst into sobs. The cold temperature of the popsicle in her hands and mouth while she was already feeling cold due to her fever was too much, and Luke gently rubbed her back while he held her, placing the half-eaten popsicle back into the freezer for later. He quickly got something for himself to eat, before reaching into the medicine cabinet and pulling out the liquid painkiller they kept specifically for when either of them was regressed.

Avery hated it. Hating it came with the territory of being a chronically ill child, having to take it day after day after day for a week every single month. But, she was too small to take pills, so a small dose of liquid was all she could have. And, as expected, as soon as she saw that Luke poured the liquid into the little cup, she began to cry.

“No, Daddy, no takes it. Pease, no wans to!”

He pressed a small kiss to her forehead, gently trying to calm her down. 

“I know, honey. I know. I’m so sorry little one, but it’ll help your pain.”

After about ten minutes of crying and negotiation, he finally got her to take the medicine, giving her a drink to wash her mouth out with afterwards, because the aftertaste was horrible. He walked over to the couch with her, sitting down and taking her out of the wrap. She curled up on his lap, back to his chest, and he flipped on her favorite show before gently beginning to massage her knees, knowing they were in a lot of pain due to her fever. Her being distracted enough by the show, he grabbed the thermometer and took her temperature, frowning when it showed at 102° F (38.9° C). She was burning up, but she was shivering in his lap, and he felt terrible for her.

After an hour or two, her fever was still the same, but she was getting more and more uncomfortable, and the body heat from Luke’s hugs and cuddles was just making it worse. He knew that she hated cooling her body down because she already felt like she was freezing, but he didn’t feel very good about her just sitting here, burning up. So, he lifted her, pausing her show and walking into their room.

“Honey, why don’t you pick out some fresh clothes, and we’ll take a bath?” 

She pouted, sniffling, but walked over and picked out a clean onesie, coming back to Luke and wrapping herself around him, handing him the onesie. He softly smiled, kissing her head before grabbing her a clean pair of underwear as well, then softly holding her hand and walking to the bathroom. He started running the bath water, periodically testing the temperature on the inside of his wrist, before deciding when it was cool enough. Another thing Avery hated was cold baths, but they brought her fever down by a degree or two, so unfortunately, they were helpful.

As expected, when he softly helped her in it, she began to cry and tried to get back out. He gently pulled her into his chest, sitting in the tub with her, and going back to rubbing her knees when she sat down, curling into his chest, still crying. He felt awful for her, but knew it would bring her fever down to where she’d be a little bit more comfortable afterwards. He checked her temperature after about 7 minutes, smiling when it had dropped to 100° F (37.8° C). He pulled the drain plug, letting the water run out and picking Avery up to step out of the tub. He gently held her on the edge of it, pulling on boxers and shorts before he started to towel her off.  Zipping her up into her onesie, she practically jumped into his arms, making him let out a small laugh as he picked her up and held her on his hip. He tossed the dirty clothes into the laundry, hugging her tightly as he walked back down the stairs. Now that her fever had cooled a small bit, she was a little less cold, and very happy to see the saved grape popsicle in the freezer waiting for her. Luke managed to get her to eat some small bites of chicken nuggets, and she was overall in a much better mood. He knew it would get worse again at some point during the week, but that didn’t matter right now. She was feeling better, even if it was just a tiny bit, and he’d be here to take care of her the whole time.

[brookston]

Holidays 9.4

Holidays

Animals’ Day (Curacao)

Anthracite Coal Miner's Day

Beetle Bailey Day

Bey Day

Book Day (Tajikistan)

Bright Idea Day

Clear Day (Scientology)

Common Soapwort Day

Cooperation Day (Iran)

Glass Day

Google Day

Grand Magal de Touba (Sénégal)

Immigrant's Day (Argentina)

International Hijab Day

International Taekwondo Day

Kodak Day

L.A. Day

Larry Platt Day (Georgia)

Looking For the Boundaries (Cuchumatan Indians, Guatemala Highlands)

National Customer Day (Indonesia)

National Day (Maldives)

National Joan Rivers Day

National Leadership Day

National Only Ever You Day

National Penis Day (New Zealand)

National PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Awareness Day

National When Pigs Fly Day

National Wildlife Day [also 2.22]

Newspaper Carrier Day

904 Day

Nuclear Provision Expert’s Day (Russia)

Professional Care Workers Day (UK)

Rhishi Panchami (Female Employees Only Festival; Nepal)

Royal Thai Navy Submarine Memorial Day (Thailand)

Secretary’s Day (Argentina)

Toothfish Day (Georgia;, South Sandwich Islands)

Umhlanga (Reed Dance for the Zulu King; Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

When Pigs Fly Day

World Day of PFAPA Syndrome

World Leukemia Day

World Sexual Health Day

Xena Day  

Food & Drink Celebrations

Currywurst Day (Germany)

Eat An Extra Dessert Day

Finnish Food Day

Häagen-Dazs Day

National Macadamia Nut Day

National Spice Blend Day

National Wine Day (Chile)

Independence & Related Days

Avignon (Annexed by France; 1791)

Flandrensis (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]

Lostisland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Paxaris (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

1st Wednesday in September

Global Talent Acquisition Day [1st Wednesday]

Hump Day [Every Wednesday]

Indigenous Literacy Day (Australia) [1st Wednesday]

Wacky Wednesday [Every Wednesday]

Website Wednesday [Every Wednesday]

Wheat Beer Wednesday [1st Wednesday of Each Month]

Wilderness Wednesday [1st Wednesday of Each Month]

Festivals Beginning September 4, 2024

Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, Austria) [thru 9.8]

Delta Festival (Marseille, France) [thru 9.8]

Denver Food + Wine Wine Festival (Denver, Colorado) [thru 9.7]

Garfield County Fair (Enid, Oklahoma) [thru 9.7]

ION Festival (Dhërmi, Albania) [thru 9.11]

JavaZone (Oslo, Norway) [thru 9.5]

LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 9.8]

Moors and Christians Festival in Villena (Villena, Spain) [thru 9.9]

Moscow International Book Fair (Moscow, Russia) [thru 9.8]

Peach Days Celebration (Brigham City, Utah) [thru 9.7]

Feast Days

Aaron and Moses (Maronite Church)

Alexander Liberman (Artology)

Boniface I, pope (Christian; Saint)

Buckthorn Day (French Republic)

Candida the Elder (Christian; Saint)

Catherine of Racconigi (Christian; Blessed)

Ceremony of Transformation Through Anubis (Ancient Egypt)

Changing Woman Ceremony begins (Apache Tribe; Everyday Wicca)

Chester Brown Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

David Lagercrantz (Writerism)

Dina Bélanger (Christian; Blessed)

Ed the Happy Clown Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Guglielmini (Positivist; Saint)

Hermione of Ephesus (Christian; Saint)

Ida of Herzfeld (Christian; Saint)

Irmgardis of Süchteln (Christian; Saint)

Jan Švankmajer (Artology)

Ludi Romani begins (Ancient Rome games; until September 19)

Marcellus and Valerian (Christian; Martyrs)

Marinus (Christian; Saint)

Media Aestas IV (Pagan)

Moses and Aaron (Lutheran Church and Eastern Orthodox Church)

Moses the Lawgiver (Christian; Saint)

Oskar Schlemmer (Artology)

Paul Jones (Episcopal Church)

Rhiannon (Celtic Book of Days)

Richard Wright (Writerism)

Rock Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Rosalia (Christian; Saint)

Rose of Viterbo (Christian; Saint)

Roosevelt Franklin (Muppetism)

Rufinus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus (Christian; Saint)

Syd Hoff (Artology)

Thamel and companions (Christian; Saints)

Tirobhab Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

Triumph of the Cross (Vatican City)

Ultan of Ardbraccan (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [35 of 53]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [41 of 60]

Unlucky Monday (when Judas Escariot was born; Philippines) [1st Monday] (4 of 4)

Premieres

All About Steve (Film; 2009)

Alona on the Sarong Seas (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1942)

The Big Build-Up (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

Black Boy, by Richard Wright (Memoir; 1945)

Bob Roberts (Film; 1992)

Burlesque (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)

Butter (Film; 2011)

The Castafiore Emerald, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1962) [Tintin #21]

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (WB Animated Film; 2007)

Chilly and the Woodchopper (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1967)

Chilly Chums (Chilly Willy & Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1967)

Curious George (Animated TV Series; 2006)

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

An English Murder, by Cyril Hare (Novel; 1951)

Extract (Film; 2009)

Foiled Again or Don’t Fence Me In (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 158; 1962)

Get Lost! Little Doggy (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1964)

Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out!, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1970)

Gone Batty (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

A Handful of Dust, by Evelyn Waugh (Novel; 1934)

The Health Farm, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)

How to Play Baseball (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Jack and the Beanstalk (Ub Iwerks Laugh-O-Grams Cartoon; 1922)

The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis (Novel; 1956) [The Chronicles of Narnia #7]

London Calling, by Noel Coward (Play; 1923)

Maigret Rents a Room, by Georges Simenon (Novel; 1951)

Mice Follies (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

The Price is Right (TV Game Show; 1956)

Speaking of the Weather (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Swing Time (Film; 1936)

Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (Animated Film; 1975)

Three Musketeers, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 157; 1962)

Toxicity, by System of a Down (Album; 2001)

Tricky Trout (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1961)

Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series; 1995)

Today’s Name Days

Ida, Iris, Irmgard, Rosalia, Rosalie (Austria)

Dunja, Ida, Marin, Mojsije, Rozalija (Croatia)

Jindřiška (Czech Republic)

Theodosias (Denmark)

Priide, Priidika, Priidla (Estonia)

Ansa (Finland)

Iris, Moïse, Rosalie (France)

Ida, Iris, Irmgard, Rosalie, Sven (Germany)

Ermione, Ermioni (Greece)

Rozália (Hungary)

Rosalia (Italy)

Dzintars, Dzintra (Latvia)

Germantė, Girstautas, Rozalija, Rožė (Lithuania)

Ida, Idar (Norway)

Agatonik, Ida, Lilianna, Rościgniew, Róża, Rozalia (Poland)

Moise, Vavila (Romania)

Rozália (Slovakia)

Moisés, Rosalía (Spain)

Gisela (Sweden)

Becky, Erin, Erina, Ida, Idalia, Moe, Moises, Moses, Moss, Reba, Rebecca, Rebekah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 248 of 2024; 118 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of Week 36 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 4 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 2 (Xin-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 1 Elul 5784

Islamic: 29 Safar 1446

J Cal: 8 Gold; Oneday [7 of 30]

Julian: 22 August 2024

Moon: 2%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 24 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Bourgelat]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 77 of 94)

Week: 1st Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 14 of 32)

Calendar Changes

Elul (a.k.a. ʼĔlūl) [אֱלוּל] (Hebrew Calendar) [Month 6 of 12]

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 9.4

Holidays

Animals’ Day (Curacao)

Anthracite Coal Miner's Day

Beetle Bailey Day

Bey Day

Book Day (Tajikistan)

Bright Idea Day

Clear Day (Scientology)

Common Soapwort Day

Cooperation Day (Iran)

Glass Day

Google Day

Grand Magal de Touba (Sénégal)

Immigrant's Day (Argentina)

International Hijab Day

International Taekwondo Day

Kodak Day

L.A. Day

Larry Platt Day (Georgia)

Looking For the Boundaries (Cuchumatan Indians, Guatemala Highlands)

National Customer Day (Indonesia)

National Day (Maldives)

National Joan Rivers Day

National Leadership Day

National Only Ever You Day

National Penis Day (New Zealand)

National PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Awareness Day

National When Pigs Fly Day

National Wildlife Day [also 2.22]

Newspaper Carrier Day

904 Day

Nuclear Provision Expert’s Day (Russia)

Professional Care Workers Day (UK)

Rhishi Panchami (Female Employees Only Festival; Nepal)

Royal Thai Navy Submarine Memorial Day (Thailand)

Secretary’s Day (Argentina)

Toothfish Day (Georgia;, South Sandwich Islands)

Umhlanga (Reed Dance for the Zulu King; Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

When Pigs Fly Day

World Day of PFAPA Syndrome

World Leukemia Day

World Sexual Health Day

Xena Day  

Food & Drink Celebrations

Currywurst Day (Germany)

Eat An Extra Dessert Day

Finnish Food Day

Häagen-Dazs Day

National Macadamia Nut Day

National Spice Blend Day

National Wine Day (Chile)

Independence & Related Days

Avignon (Annexed by France; 1791)

Flandrensis (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]

Lostisland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Paxaris (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

1st Wednesday in September

Global Talent Acquisition Day [1st Wednesday]

Hump Day [Every Wednesday]

Indigenous Literacy Day (Australia) [1st Wednesday]

Wacky Wednesday [Every Wednesday]

Website Wednesday [Every Wednesday]

Wheat Beer Wednesday [1st Wednesday of Each Month]

Wilderness Wednesday [1st Wednesday of Each Month]

Festivals Beginning September 4, 2024

Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, Austria) [thru 9.8]

Delta Festival (Marseille, France) [thru 9.8]

Denver Food + Wine Wine Festival (Denver, Colorado) [thru 9.7]

Garfield County Fair (Enid, Oklahoma) [thru 9.7]

ION Festival (Dhërmi, Albania) [thru 9.11]

JavaZone (Oslo, Norway) [thru 9.5]

LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 9.8]

Moors and Christians Festival in Villena (Villena, Spain) [thru 9.9]

Moscow International Book Fair (Moscow, Russia) [thru 9.8]

Peach Days Celebration (Brigham City, Utah) [thru 9.7]

Feast Days

Aaron and Moses (Maronite Church)

Alexander Liberman (Artology)

Boniface I, pope (Christian; Saint)

Buckthorn Day (French Republic)

Candida the Elder (Christian; Saint)

Catherine of Racconigi (Christian; Blessed)

Ceremony of Transformation Through Anubis (Ancient Egypt)

Changing Woman Ceremony begins (Apache Tribe; Everyday Wicca)

Chester Brown Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

David Lagercrantz (Writerism)

Dina Bélanger (Christian; Blessed)

Ed the Happy Clown Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Guglielmini (Positivist; Saint)

Hermione of Ephesus (Christian; Saint)

Ida of Herzfeld (Christian; Saint)

Irmgardis of Süchteln (Christian; Saint)

Jan Švankmajer (Artology)

Ludi Romani begins (Ancient Rome games; until September 19)

Marcellus and Valerian (Christian; Martyrs)

Marinus (Christian; Saint)

Media Aestas IV (Pagan)

Moses and Aaron (Lutheran Church and Eastern Orthodox Church)

Moses the Lawgiver (Christian; Saint)

Oskar Schlemmer (Artology)

Paul Jones (Episcopal Church)

Rhiannon (Celtic Book of Days)

Richard Wright (Writerism)

Rock Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Rosalia (Christian; Saint)

Rose of Viterbo (Christian; Saint)

Roosevelt Franklin (Muppetism)

Rufinus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus (Christian; Saint)

Syd Hoff (Artology)

Thamel and companions (Christian; Saints)

Tirobhab Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

Triumph of the Cross (Vatican City)

Ultan of Ardbraccan (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [35 of 53]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [41 of 60]

Unlucky Monday (when Judas Escariot was born; Philippines) [1st Monday] (4 of 4)

Premieres

All About Steve (Film; 2009)

Alona on the Sarong Seas (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1942)

The Big Build-Up (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

Black Boy, by Richard Wright (Memoir; 1945)

Bob Roberts (Film; 1992)

Burlesque (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)

Butter (Film; 2011)

The Castafiore Emerald, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1962) [Tintin #21]

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (WB Animated Film; 2007)

Chilly and the Woodchopper (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1967)

Chilly Chums (Chilly Willy & Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1967)

Curious George (Animated TV Series; 2006)

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

An English Murder, by Cyril Hare (Novel; 1951)

Extract (Film; 2009)

Foiled Again or Don’t Fence Me In (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 158; 1962)

Get Lost! Little Doggy (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1964)

Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out!, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1970)

Gone Batty (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

A Handful of Dust, by Evelyn Waugh (Novel; 1934)

The Health Farm, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)

How to Play Baseball (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Jack and the Beanstalk (Ub Iwerks Laugh-O-Grams Cartoon; 1922)

The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis (Novel; 1956) [The Chronicles of Narnia #7]

London Calling, by Noel Coward (Play; 1923)

Maigret Rents a Room, by Georges Simenon (Novel; 1951)

Mice Follies (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

The Price is Right (TV Game Show; 1956)

Speaking of the Weather (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Swing Time (Film; 1936)

Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (Animated Film; 1975)

Three Musketeers, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 157; 1962)

Toxicity, by System of a Down (Album; 2001)

Tricky Trout (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1961)

Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series; 1995)

Today’s Name Days

Ida, Iris, Irmgard, Rosalia, Rosalie (Austria)

Dunja, Ida, Marin, Mojsije, Rozalija (Croatia)

Jindřiška (Czech Republic)

Theodosias (Denmark)

Priide, Priidika, Priidla (Estonia)

Ansa (Finland)

Iris, Moïse, Rosalie (France)

Ida, Iris, Irmgard, Rosalie, Sven (Germany)

Ermione, Ermioni (Greece)

Rozália (Hungary)

Rosalia (Italy)

Dzintars, Dzintra (Latvia)

Germantė, Girstautas, Rozalija, Rožė (Lithuania)

Ida, Idar (Norway)

Agatonik, Ida, Lilianna, Rościgniew, Róża, Rozalia (Poland)

Moise, Vavila (Romania)

Rozália (Slovakia)

Moisés, Rosalía (Spain)

Gisela (Sweden)

Becky, Erin, Erina, Ida, Idalia, Moe, Moises, Moses, Moss, Reba, Rebecca, Rebekah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 248 of 2024; 118 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of Week 36 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 4 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 2 (Xin-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 1 Elul 5784

Islamic: 29 Safar 1446

J Cal: 8 Gold; Oneday [7 of 30]

Julian: 22 August 2024

Moon: 2%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 24 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Bourgelat]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 77 of 94)

Week: 1st Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 14 of 32)

Calendar Changes

Elul (a.k.a. ʼĔlūl) [אֱלוּל] (Hebrew Calendar) [Month 6 of 12]

[gonzalo-obes]

IMAGENES Y DATOS INTERESANTES DEL 4 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024

Día Internacional del Taekwondo, Día Global de Adquisición de Talento, Día Mundial de la Salud Sexual, Día Mundial del Síndrome PFAPA, Semana del Aprendizaje Digital, Año Internacional de los Camélidos.

Santa Rosalía, San Amniano, Santa Iris y Santa Monesa.

Tal día como hoy en el año 1998

Larry Page y Serguéi Brin fundan en Estados Unidos la empresa propietaria de la marca Google.

1985

En la Universidad Rice de Houston, Texas (EE.UU.), el astroquímico Harry Kroto, junto a los investigadores norteamericanos Richard Smalley y Robert Curl y dos estudiantes de postgrado, realizan experimentos tratando de convertir carbono gaseoso en partículas, fenómeno que se produce en las estrellas, y descubren casualmente una nueva forma de carbono en estado puro. Hasta este momento tan sólo se conocen dos formas alotrópicas del carbono elemental: el grafito y el diamante. Este importante descubrimiento abre un nuevo campo para posibles aplicaciones y así fabricar nuevos tipos de polímeros, superconductores, estructuras con metales o con otros átomos atrapados dentro de estos agrupamientos de carbono, además de nuevos catalizadores, productos farmacéuticos y otras posibles aplicaciones industriales en las que se abre una puerta al desarrollo de la nanotecnología. En 1996, Kroto, Smalley y Curl se verán agraciados con la gloria del Premio Nobel de Química por el descubrimiento de los fullerenos. (Hace 39 años)

1970

La Unidad Popular, liderada por Salvador Allende, gana las elecciones en Chile. (Hace 54 años)

1964

En las elecciones chilenas vence el demócrata cristiano Eduardo Frei, al derrotar a su rival del Frente de Izquierda, Salvador Allende. (Hace 60 años)

1886

En Skeleton, Arizona, bajo la promesa de ser tratado como prisionero de guerra, y no como bandolero, tiene lugar la rendición de Gerónimo y 30 apaches que siguen con él, ante al ejército estadounidense. Gerónimo será recluido durante 3 años en la prisión de Fronteras (Sonora), donde hoy existe un museo que lleva su nombre. Transcurrido ese tiempo, será trasladado a una reserva india en Oklahoma, donde vivirá hasta su muerte en 1909. (Hace 138 años)

1882

En Nueva York (EE.UU.), con enorme éxito y admiración general, Pearl Street se convierte en la primera calle iluminada artificialmente del mundo. 7.200 lámparas y una estación eléctrica de 900 CV de potencia concebida por Edison son los responsables. (Hace 142 años)

1870

En Francia, Napoleón III que ha gobernado primero como presidente de la nación, de 1850 a 1852, y luego como emperador, de 1852 hasta el día de hoy, es depuesto por la fuerza y se proclama la Tercera República, tras haber sido derrotado y apresado por Otto Von Bismarck el día 2 de septiembre durante la Batalla Sedán. (Hace 154 años)

1802

Johann Georg Friedrich Grotefend, filólogo alemán, abre la puerta para descifrar la misteriosa escritura cuneiforme de babilonios y persas, al presentar un alfabeto rectificado. (Hace 222 años)

1797

Tropas armadas, a cargo de militares de tendencia republicana entre los que se encuentra Napoleón Bonaparte, ocupan París (Francia) desde primeras horas de la mañana y derrocan al gobierno del Directorio. Decretan que quien intente favorecer el regreso a la monarquía o la Constitución de 1793 será fusilado. (Hace 227 años)

1781

En Nueva España (Estados Unidos), en la región conocida por los nativos como el "Valle del Humo", Gaspar de Pórtola y Junípero Serra fundan el pueblo de la "Reina de los Ángeles", que en el futuro se convertirá en la populosa ciudad de Los Ángeles. (Hace 243 años)

1520

En México, el ejército de Hernán Cortés conquista la ciudad azteca de Tepeaca y en su lugar funda la Villa de Segura de la Frontera. (Hace 504 años)

626

Li Shimin, conocido póstumamente como Emperador Taizong, asume el trono durante la dinastía Tang de China, que ocupará hasta su muerte en julio de 649. (Hace 1398 años)

476

En el día de hoy, resulta depuesto el último emperador del Imperio Romano Occidental, Romulus Augusto, por el bárbaro germano Odoacer, cuando se hace con el control de Ravenna, capital del Imperio Occidental desde 402. Odoacer se proclama a sí mismo rey de Italia. Aunque el gobierno romano continuará en Oriente, la coronación de Odoacer es tomada en la historia como fin del Imperio romano con su centro de poder ubicado en Italia. (Hace 1548 años)

[hotinfoblog]

파파증후군 증상 치료 예방 방법

아이에게 매달 비슷한 날이 되면 열이 나는 경우에는 무슨 병에 걸린 것은 아닌지 걱정이 될 수밖에 없습니다. 이렇게 주기적으로 아이에게 열이 날 때 의심해 볼 수 있는 파파증후군(PFAPA syndrome)에 대해 이번 포스팅서 알아보도록 하겠습니다. ✅ 건강 지식 관련 정보 더보기 📌 소아 변비 좋은 음식 나쁜 음식 📌 노로바이러스 겨울 식중독 장염 원인 📌 기침 소리 가래 색깔별 의심 질환 원인 해결책 파파증후군이란? PFAPA 증후군은 주기적으로 발열, 아프타성 구내염, 인두염, 경부 림프절염이 발생하는 어린이 질환입니다. PFAPA는 “Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Cervical Adenitis”의 약자로, 각 증상의 첫…

[sunnivalissy-blog]

Day 1

Hi! I've never really thought blogging would be something for me, but my friend started off a blog with a Q&A for 30 days, and as usual I decided to copy her.

After researching blogging, I figured I don't really fit into the common reasons to blog. I don't want to improve my writing, nor do I want to become "famous". Furthermore, I don't have a particular topic that I'm dying to share with the world. I simply wanted to have a project and practice putting words to my thoughts.

Since I don't have a particular topic, I've found two lists with 30 questions/topics for 30 days where I'll choose one of the questions per day for a month.

Here we go!

List 20 random facts about yourself.

1. On the 5th of October in 1998, I was born blue. Apparently there were some complications and I was lacking oxygen during the birth. Thus I came into this world as a smurf. 2. I've never had a brain freeze in my life. It's quite a simple thing, but still everyone gets shocked when I tell them. I'm starting to wonder if the blood vessel that leads to my brain isn't as close to my throat as it's supposed to. 3. I recently donated 91 grams of my hair. I was researching how to help the society this summer, but most of the suggestions were either too time consuming or too expensive. I was left with donating blood or hair, and since I'm not allowed to donate blood, I decided to cut my hair. I've always had hair that reaches to my hips, but now it's right above my shoulders. 4. I can't lie. First of all, it's a very important principle for me to always be honest or just tell bits of the truth if that's what's needed to not hurt someone. However, I don't think I would be very convincing even if I tried to tell a lie. My honesty sometimes drives my friends mad, but overall I think they're happy about it. 5. I have red hair and blue eyes. I've read that it's the most rare combination of hair color and eye color. I don't know if it's true, but at least it's something that sets me apart from the crowd. 6. I've never gotten drunk. I've tasted alcohol, but I've never really seen the point in getting used to something that tastes bad and is unhealthy as well. This might change in the future, but I'll stay sober for now. 7. I have six siblings. No, I'm not a mormon and no, I'm not amish. We're simply a huge family in a country with an average of 1,73 children per woman. 8. I'm a quarter Swedish. The rest of me is Norwegian, although I'm sure a genetics test would tell me otherwise. 9. I've never been outside of Europe, but I've visited 13 different countries. However this will change during next year. If I keep going with this blog, I'll come back to this topic. 10. I didn't know my biological grandparents until last February. My dad and his twin brother were adopted as babies by my grandparents. Last Christmas he decided to find out who his biological parents were. As it turned out, his mother was still alive, but dying from cancer. Just a few days later we were on a plane to meet her before she left the world. It was an incredible journey and my dad now has 6 more siblings and I have 25 more cousins. Turns out having many children runs in the family... 11. Most of my dreams are absurd or psychedelic. I know that everyone has weird dreams, but I have the feeling that people get genuinely concerned about my mental health after listening to my dreams. However, I just find it interesting and can definitely recommend to write dream-diaries to others, as I did for a year myself. 12. English and PE have always been my weakest subjects in school. This makes it kind of ironic to write this blog in English, so please excuse me if my grammar is off. 13. The first time I moved in my life was last August. My parents built their house just three years before I was born and I've lived there my entire life. However, this fall I moved to a type of Norwegian boarding school called "folkehøgskole" where there are no tests, nor any grades, and you have a year to figure out what to do with your life while you have fun doing what you love the most. 14. I love cheese.  Cheese is definitely one of the most wonderful things on earth. Sadly Norway has very few good cheeses to offer in common grocery stores, so whenever I travel outside the country, you know what I'll be eating! 15. My MBTI personality is INFJ.  At least that was my result, although I can only dream to do as much good to the world as the people used as examples for this personality type. However, I do relate to a lot of the traits that characterize INFJs, for instance following my principles (as mentioned in fact 4), so I guess that's the correct personality type for me after all. 16. I was one of the last children in my class to stop playing. I don't know why, but the other girls in my class started wearing makeup, hanging out and just talk during recess from fifth grade. Meanwhile my friends and I kept playing in the sand and snow for another few years until it gradually faded away during middle school. 17. I had PFAPA from the age of 1 until right after I turned 13. It won't surprise me if you haven't heard about PFAPA before. In fact, it will surprise me if you have. The first two letters are short for periodic fever which is basically what it is. I had a fever for 4-5 days once per month. I also had a headache, stomachache and enlarged lymph nodes, which made my neck stuck slightly tilted to the left. 18. After that I was healthy for 4 years until I got CFS. How I miss those 4 years... When I was 17, I got a mycoplasma infection around this time of the year, but I only noticed getting a bit more tired. Therefore, I didn't go to the doctor for another month when it got really bad. After some time with antibiotics, I didn't get better and revisited the doctor's office. That was the start of my Post Infectious Fatigue which goes within the umbrella term Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). 19. I'm demiromantic. For the longest time I was convinced I was asexual. However, two things were wrong about this: 1. I didn't understand the difference between romantic and sexual attraction, and 2. As a demiromantic, I had never gotten close enough with any guy to experience that kind of attraction. That changed when I was 17, and I had to revisit the labels I had put on myself.  I'm pretty sure my labels will have changed again in ten years time. 20. I absolutely love dogs. My dog is the best creature in the universe, in a completely objective way. ;) My daily life today is mostly about her, because the school I chose (as mentioned in fact 13) is about dogs and dog sports. I don't think I could have chosen anything better, and I love her and all the other dogs here so much. I'll probably talk more about dogs here sometime.

Congrats for reading all the way through! And if you just scrolled to the bottom, that's okay too. Hopefully you got to know me a little bit better and found some of it interesting.

[cocukklinigi]

Ne zaman otoenflamatuar hastalık düşünelim? Çocukluk çağı hastalıklarında ateş en sık karşılaşılan yakınmalardan birisidir, fakat altı aydan uzun sürede, düzenli ya da düzensiz aralıklarla yineleyen, ani başlayıp ani kaybolan ateş beraberinde karın ağrısı, göğüs ağrısı atakları gibi enflamasyon bulguları olduğunda, hasta otoenflamatuvar hastalıklar açısından değerlendirilmelidir. Bilgi ve sevgi paylaştıkça çoğalır🌹 Sizler de görmesini istediğiniz arkadaşlarınızı yoruma etiketleyerek bilgilenmelerini sağlayabilirsiniz. ⚠️Beğen, paylaş ve kaydet… @cocukklinigi @cocukuzmanlari #pfapa #pfapasendromu #otoinflamatuarhastalıklar #cocukklinigi #cocukuzmanlari #birannekadargüvenli #çocuklarınızeminellerde (Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXRQAvuIBei/?utm_medium=tumblr

[gebelikveannelik]

Çocuklarda PFAPA Sendromu Nedir?

Periyodik ateş ya da pafa gibi isimlerle de bilinen PFAPA, çocuklarda yüksek ateşe neden olan bir hastalıktır. Devamı için makalemizi okuyun: https://www.gebelikveannelik.com/cocuklarda-pfapa-sendromu-nedir

[squiddity3]

Got an appt

gonna get the healing puncture. Gonna get that juice of protection. Two doses from Pfapa Pfizer’s gonna be naruto running through my veins by end of June. I am literally tearing up

[bratzforchris]

In Sickness and In Health

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Summary: In which Tara and Jake discover Johnnie has a chronic illness, but know they'll always be with him, no matter what <3

Pairing: (platonic! I do not ship the trio in any way) Johnnie x Tara x Jake

Warnings: Chronic illness (nothing graphic and no bodily fluids :)), Jake and Tara are still dating here

Word Count: 2k

A/N: In this fic, Johnnie has a chronic illness called PFAPA. You can read more about it here for more background :). I also have this chronic illness, so it's based on my experience <3 Thank you for reading!

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Chronic illness was the worst thing to hit Johnnie’s life since, well, ever. His condition was especially painful and rendering, and he hated being bound to the couch or his bed for days on end, zapped of all energy. You see, Johnnie had PFAPA, which caused him to have extremely high fevers, sore throats, and just overall feelings of being unwell. Although it was mostly a childhood syndrome, he was one of the rare but very unlucky few that it had lasted into his adult life. 

Johnnie had learned early on in life that being a sick kid meant being a pitied kid. He hated the pitying looks people gave him and the quiet “you’re so strong” murmurs. They made him feel like a zoo animal, separated from the rest of the world, with people cooing at him in sympathy and then going about their day. It wasn’t even just the adults, though. Right up until the time he dropped out of high school to pursue his YouTube career, the other kids had stared at him and whispered about “the boy that was always absent” whenever he walked down the hall. 

And so, he hid it. The only people that knew of his illness were his mother and siblings, and his ex-girlfriend when they had been together. Even then, the only reason Johnnie had told her was because she questioned why a) he was so warm and b) why he wasn’t getting up, especially when it was a repeat occurrence. He was very lucky that his chronic illness wasn’t terrible. He still had some symptoms from day to day, like a weakened immune system and joint pains. But it was the periodic flare ups that practically killed him. It was one week out of every month, almost like a period. Johnnie would run insanely high fevers, getting up to 105 F (40.5 C), have awful joint pain to the point it hurt to move, have a pounding head and a sloshing stomach, and an extremely sore throat to top it all off. 

Fast forward to now, and Johnnie was currently living with Jake and Tara. He loved his best friends with everything in him, but at the same time, he didn’t want them to view him as weak or childish. Stupid logic? Yes, but there was no arguing with Johnnie. He was good at hiding his flare ups at first. He would coat his face in foundation and eyeliner to hide the dark eyebags from restless nights, and he would take enough ibuprofen to subdue a horse. He still didn’t feel great, but it was manageable enough to hide from the two. This, on top of his usual “emo” personality and occasional mental health struggles that kept him in bed for days at time was enough to make Jake and Tara not have a clue. 

All secrets get found out eventually, though. You see, Jake was a loving, wonderful boyfriend; whenever Tara would ask for pain medicine for her period, there he was, already in the car and speeding to the local pharmacy. He was also a great friend, and would buy an additional bottle for Johnnie, who claimed he “liked” having an extra bottle of tablets on hand so he didn’t have to go into Tara’s bathroom should he need pain reliever. At first, Jake brushed it off, knowing Johnnie was definitely a tummy ache boy. However, after about three months of this, he realized Johnnie would ask for the pain reliever almost at the exact same time Tara would need it for her period. Like clockwork. 

“Eh, whatever,” he thought to himself, entering their house with a CVS bag. He had seen Johnnie naked more times than he’d like to admit. His best friend definitely didn’t have a period. “I’m back.” he called, entering the living room. 

Tara and Johnnie were sat on the couch, watching some sort of trashy reality show. Tara was curled up in fetal position from the awful cramps she was currently experiencing, while Johnnie was huddled up under a huge blanket, currently experiencing one of his worst flares up in over six months. Neither seemed particularly interested until Jake dropped the bottles of medicine into their hands. Johnnie immediately ripped into his, dropping three tablets into his hand and swallowing them dry. 

“Someone’s in pain.” Jake raised a brow at his friend while he opened the bottle for Tara, handing it to her along with her water and a kiss on the head. 

“...stomach ache…” Johnnie mumbled, not thinking Jake was going to call him out on it. 

“I can’t find my fucking heating pad.” Tara whined as Jake began to hold her, sitting between the two. 

Johnnie winced, biting his bottom lip and holding the warm fabric closer to his body under the blanket. He felt awful for taking Tara’s heating pad, but he had been desperate for relief from his aching joints. Thank goodness Jake had become focused on massaging Tara’s stomach so neither one of his friends would see his guilty face. 

The boy immediately stood up, clutching the blanket and heating pad to his chest. “I’m in pain and I’m going to bed. Night.” he said rather grumpily, already stalking to his room. 

Tara was pulled out of her pain induced haze to giggle. “It’s like Johnnie has a period.”

“Something like that.” he called back. 

-

Morning had come for the household and Tara was on a mission. She was going to find her heating pad. As much as Jake’s massages had helped last night, he would be gone today to film something with Scuff, so she needed the warm glory. She had searched high and low in every part of the house except Johnnie’s room. 

“Johnnie? Can I come in?” she asked, rapping her knuckles lightly on his closed door. “I need to look for something.”

No answer. Tara knocked again, and then waited. Had he gone with Jake to film? Finally, she twisted the door knob, speaking before she stepped inside. “If you’re in there, I’m coming in!”

The sight Tara saw made her heart shatter. Johnnie was curled up in bed, making sure her heating pad was placed strategically on his knees and wrists. Although the boy had three different fans blowing on him, he was wrapped in heavy blankets, snoring softly. The icing on the cake, though, was the look on Johnnie’s face. He just looked sick. His skin was more pale and ghostly than normal, save for a few, red acne spots. His eyes were ringed with purple and despite his heating pad and blankets, he was shivering. He looked overall unwell. 

Tara bit her lip, debating what to do. She really, really wanted her heating pad, but at the same time, Johnnie looked so comfortable. However, as she turned on her heel to leave Johnnie’s room, the floorboards squeaked under her feet and Johnnie groaned. 

It only took a few moments for the boy to blink open his eyes, and when he did, he flipped shit. “Get out.” Johnnie snapped, his voice hoarse from the flare up. 

“I’m not mad about the heating pad, Johnnie,” Tara said softly. “We all get sick. I’ll get a new one.”

“‘M fine. Get out.” he snapped again, clearly grumpy from the lack of sleep his condition was causing. 

“Are you sure?” Tara moved closer towards the bed, examining his sick form. “You don’t seem fine…”

“Tara, seriously. I’m fine. Just get out.”

As much as Tara put out a nonchalant attitude to the world, she really cared about her friends, and seeing Johnnie clearly in a lot of pain was hurting her. She gently moved to lay a hand on his forehead, but before Johnnie could swat it away, she recoiled and cursed. 

“Shit, Johnnie. You’re burning up.”

“I know,” Johnnie groaned, reaching over and grabbing a thermometer from his nightstand. Based on the way it looked, it was clear Johnnie had been flaring or ‘feeling sick’ for a while. There were empty popsicle wrappers and tea mugs, water bottles, vapo rub, and a variety of medicines and thermometers. Johnnie quickly took his temperature and then shrugged. “104.2 (40.1 C). Lower than last night.”

“Dude,” Tara looked almost dumbfounded. “You gotta get to a hospital. That’s like, scary high.”

Because of the fever and lack of sleep, Johnnie rolled his eyes, a sour tone pouring off his tongue. “I’ll be fine,” he rolled towards the wall. “Just gotta sleep it off.”

“Johnnie,” Tara said firmly. “You are not sleeping this off. You’re going to a hospital.”

“I’ll be fine. ‘M just cold. Maybe I’ll break my own fever record.” he groaned, using his arm to shield his eyes from the sun. 

“That’s it. I’m calling Jake.” she said, whipping out her phone. 

Johnnie bolted up, cursing softly at his aching joints. “Do not call Jake. I swear to god, Tara. Do not call Jake.”

“Johnnie, you’re clearly extremely ill. You need medical attention or you’ll get super sick…more than you are now,” she added, turning to leave. “I’ll come get you when he’s here.”

“I haven’t gotten super sick in 25 years and my fever’s been higher than this.” Johnnie mumbled. 

“What do you mean?” Tara stopped in her tracks.

Johnnie groaned, cuddling back under his comforter. “Since I was born. I’m chronically ill. Google it or some shit. I’m too tired to explain now.”

“...oh.” Tara whispered quietly. “I didn’t know. Is this like an all the time thing or?”

“It’s called PFAPA. Go look it up,” Johnnie already sounded almost asleep again until his voice suddenly wobbled. “But please, don’t tell Jake.”

Tara sat down on Johnnie’s bed, rubbing his thigh. That’s how she knew he must’ve been feeling pretty bad. Johnnie rarely liked physical contact unless he was feeling sick. “Is there a specific reason you kept it from us? It’s okay if you don’t wanna share.” she whispered, taking on a motherly role that few people ever saw. 

“Because you’ll pity me and I hate that shit.”

Tara frowned. “I understand. Thank you for telling me; that’s probably really hard. Do you need anything?”

Johnnie hesitated for a few moments before speaking quietly. “I want a popsicle. For my throat.”

His friend smiled, standing up and pulling the blanket further over him. “Specific flavor?”

“Grape.”

Tara smiled as she left Johnnie’s room, going into the kitchen. She decided to put the kettle on to make Johnnie some tea, knowing tea helped her own sore throats. As the water boiled, Tara pulled out her phone, googling the syndrome Johnnie had mentioned. She grimaced as she read the WebMD article; it sounded extremely painful, like having the flu every single month. Once the water had boiled, Tara made Johnnie a mug of tea and then pulled the freezer open for a popsicle. Her heart practically shattered when she saw a surplus of popsicles, shoved to the back of the freezer. 

Bringing Johnnie’s sickness spread upstairs, Tara saw that he was practically asleep when she opened his bedroom door. But as she handed him the popsicle and tea, he sleepily mumbled “You can tell Jake.”

“Are you sure?”

Johnnie nodded tiredly, already sucking on the popsicle. “Mhm.”

“Huh,” Tara said, but she didn’t question it. “Okay.”

She sent Jake a quick text, hoping he and Scuff were near done. Although his temperature was “normal” for Johnnie, she didn’t feel very good about letting him lay here and burn up. Surprisingly, Johnnie didn’t protest when she sat down at the chair at his streaming desk. He just continued to softly sip the mug of tea. 

“Jake’s on his way.” Tara whispered softly. 

The sick boy just nodded, laying his fluffy, black, bedhead back on the pillow. Tara didn’t hear anything more for a few minutes, until soft snores wafted from Johnnie’s bed. It seemed like it was only a few minutes later when she finally heard Jake come into the house. 

“I’m bac-” Jake was practically yelling until Tara shushed him. 

“What’s wrong with him?” Jake asked, tipping his head towards Johnnie. 

“He has a chronic illness,” Tara explained softly. “We can talk then.”

And until then, Jake and Tara would be there to support their best friend, sitting quietly and watching over him as Johnnie slept. 

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Market Overview (2016-2026)

The global periodic fever syndrome market would have a positive outlook in the forecast period due to robust investments in the research and development in the developing medicines. The American College of Rheumatology provides education and support for children and families living with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA), which is expected aid the market growth in the coming years.

Industry Definition and Major Segments

A periodic fever syndrome is a group of disorders in which a person experiences recurrent episode of fever over time, usually accompanied by the same symptoms. Each episode of fever usually lasts roughly the same length of time. These disorders are very rare genetic conditions. Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) is the most common type of periodic fever syndrome. Other common types include familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).

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The market on the basis of treatment can be divided into:

Oral Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Anti-TNF Therapy

Statins

Others

On the basis of indication, the market is divided into:

Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D Syndrome

Familial Mediterranean Fever

TNF Receptor-Associated Periodic Syndrome

Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome

Others

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Oral

Injections

Others

The distribution channels can be categorised as follows:

Hospital Pharmacy

Retail Pharmacy

Online

Others

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Hospitals

Speciality Centres

Others

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The regional markets for the product can be divided as follows:

1 North America 1.1 United States of America 1.2 Canada 2 Europe 2.1 Germany 2.2 United Kingdom 2.3 France 2.4 Italy 2.5 Others 3 Asia Pacific 3.1 China 3.2 Japan 3.3 India 3.4 ASEAN 3.5 Others 4 Latin America 4.1 Brazil 4.2 Argentina 4.3 Mexico 4.4 Others 5 Middle East & Africa 5.1 Saudi Arabia 5.2 United Arab Emirates 5.3 Nigeria 5.4 South Africa 5.5 Others

Market Trends

The rising funding from healthcare organisations into the treatment of this syndrome is expected to propel the market growth in the coming years. NHS England has funded a ‘life-changing treatment’ for individuals with periodic fever syndromes. NHS, the public health system of England, is working in collaboration with Novartis to help reduce the frequency of flares in children and adults with the syndrome through the use of the immunomodulatory drug canakinumab (Ilaris). Such developments and programmes are expected to promote the growth of the market in the coming years.

Key Market Players

The major players in the market are Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB, Novartis AG, and Texas Allergy Group, PLLC, among others. The report covers the market shares, capacities, plant turnarounds, expansions, investments and mergers and acquisitions, among other latest developments of these market players.

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Holidays 9.4

Holidays

Animals’ Day (Curacao)

Anthracite Coal Miner's Day

Beetle Bailey Day

Bey Day

Bright Idea Day

Clear Day (Scientology)

Glass Day

Google Day

Grand Magal de Touba (Sénégal)

Immigrant's Day (Argentina)

International Hijab Day

International Taekwondo Day

Kodak Day

L.A. Day

Larry Platt Day (Georgia)

Looking For the Boundaries (Cuchumatan Indians, Guatemala Highlands)

National Joan Rivers Day

National Leadership Day

National Only Ever You Day

National Penis Day (New Zealand)

National PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Awareness Day

National When Pigs Fly Day

National Wildlife Day [also 2.22]

Newspaper Carrier Day

Professional Care Workers Day (UK)

Rhishi Panchami (Female Employees Only Festival; Nepal)

Umhlanga (Reed Dance for the Zulu King; Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

When Pigs Fly Day

World Day of PFAPA Syndrome

World Leukemia Day

World Sexual Health Day

Xena Day  

Food & Drink Celebrations

Currywurst Day (Germany)

Eat An Extra Dessert Day

Finnish Food Day

Häagen-Dazs Day

National Macadamia Nut Day

National Spice Blend Day

National Wine Day (Chile)

1st Monday in September

Burning Man ends (Nevada) [1st Monday]

Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska) [1st Monday]

Labor Day (Bermuda, Canada, Palau, U.S.) [1st Monday]

Luxembourg City Kermesse (Luxembourg) [1st Monday]

Mouthguard Day [1st Monday]

St. Giles Fair begins (Oxford, UK) [1st Monday]

Wakes Monday [Monday after Wakes Sunday]

Yard Art Day [1st Monday]

Independence Days

Flandrensis (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]

Lostisland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Paxaris (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aaron and Moses (Maronite Church)

Alexander Liberman (Artology)

Buckthorn Day (French Republic)

Candida the Elder (Christian; Saint)

Catherine of Racconigi (Christian; Blessed)

Ceremony of Transformation Through Anubis (Ancient Egypt)

Chester Brown Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Dina Bélanger (Christian; Blessed)

Ed the Happy Clown Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Guglielmini (Positivist; Saint)

Hermione of Ephesus (Christian; Saint)

Ida of Herzfeld (Christian; Saint)

Irmgardis of Süchteln (Christian; Saint)

Ludi Romani begins (Ancient Rome games; until September 19)

Marcellus and Valerian (Christian; Martyrs)

Media Aestas IV (Pagan)

Moses and Aaron (Lutheran Church and Eastern Orthodox Church)

Oskar Schlemmer (Artology)

Paul Jones (Episcopal Church)

Rock Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Rosalia (Christian; Saint)

Rose of Viterbo (Christian; Saint)

Roosevelt Franklin (Muppetism)

Rufinus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus (Christian; Saint)

Thamel and companions (Christian; Saints)

Tirobhab Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

Ultan of Ardbraccan (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [35 of 53]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [41 of 60]

Premieres

All About Steve (Film; 2009)

Black Boy, by Richard Wright (Memoir; 1945)

Bob Roberts (Film; 1992)

Butter (Film; 2011)

The Castafiore Emerald, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1962) [Tintin #21]

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (WB Animated Film; 2007)

Curious George (Animated TV Series; 2006)

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

An English Murder, by Cyril Hare (Novel; 1951)

Extract (Film; 2009)

Foiled Again or Don’t Fence Me In (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 158; 1962)

Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out!, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1970)

Gone Batty (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

A Handful of Dust, by Evelyn Waugh (Novel; 1934)

How to Play Baseball (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis (Novel; 1956) [The Chronicles of Narnia #7]

London Calling, by Noel Coward (Play; 1923)

Maigret Rents a Room, by Georges Simenon (Novel; 1951)

The Price is Right (TV Game Show; 1956)

Speaking of the Weather (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Swing Time (Film; 1936)

Three Musketeers, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 157; 1962)

Toxicity, by System of a Down (Album; 2001)

Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series; 1995)

Today’s Name Days

Ida, Iris, Irmgard, Rosalia, Rosalie (Austria)

Dunja, Ida, Marin, Mojsije, Rozalija (Croatia)

Jindřiška (Czech Republic)

Theodosias (Denmark)

Priide, Priidika, Priidla (Estonia)

Ansa (Finland)

Iris, Moïse, Rosalie (France)

Ida, Iris, Irmgard, Rosalie, Sven (Germany)

Ermione, Ermioni (Greece)

Rozália (Hungary)

Rosalia (Italy)

Dzintars, Dzintra (Latvia)

Germantė, Girstautas, Rozalija, Rožė (Lithuania)

Ida, Idar (Norway)

Agatonik, Ida, Lilianna, Rościgniew, Róża, Rozalia (Poland)

Moise, Vavila (Romania)

Rozália (Slovakia)

Moisés, Rosalía (Spain)

Gisela (Sweden)

Becky, Erin, Erina, Ida, Idalia, Moe, Moises, Moses, Moss, Reba, Rebecca, Rebekah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 247 of 2024; 118 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 36 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 28 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Geng-Shen), Day 20 (Yi-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 18 Elul 5783

Islamic: 18 Safar 1445

J Cal: 7 Aki; Sevenday [7 of 30]

Julian: 22 August 2023

Moon: 73%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 23 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Guglielmini]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 75 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 14 of 32)

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Holidays 9.4

Holidays

Animals’ Day (Curacao)

Anthracite Coal Miner's Day

Beetle Bailey Day

Bey Day

Bright Idea Day

Clear Day (Scientology)

Glass Day

Google Day

Grand Magal de Touba (Sénégal)

Immigrant's Day (Argentina)

International Hijab Day

International Taekwondo Day

Kodak Day

L.A. Day

Larry Platt Day (Georgia)

Looking For the Boundaries (Cuchumatan Indians, Guatemala Highlands)

National Joan Rivers Day

National Leadership Day

National Only Ever You Day

National Penis Day (New Zealand)

National PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Awareness Day

National When Pigs Fly Day

National Wildlife Day [also 2.22]

Newspaper Carrier Day

Professional Care Workers Day (UK)

Rhishi Panchami (Female Employees Only Festival; Nepal)

Umhlanga (Reed Dance for the Zulu King; Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

When Pigs Fly Day

World Day of PFAPA Syndrome

World Leukemia Day

World Sexual Health Day

Xena Day  

Food & Drink Celebrations

Currywurst Day (Germany)

Eat An Extra Dessert Day

Finnish Food Day

Häagen-Dazs Day

National Macadamia Nut Day

National Spice Blend Day

National Wine Day (Chile)

1st Monday in September

Burning Man ends (Nevada) [1st Monday]

Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska) [1st Monday]

Labor Day (Bermuda, Canada, Palau, U.S.) [1st Monday]

Luxembourg City Kermesse (Luxembourg) [1st Monday]

Mouthguard Day [1st Monday]

St. Giles Fair begins (Oxford, UK) [1st Monday]

Wakes Monday [Monday after Wakes Sunday]

Yard Art Day [1st Monday]

Independence Days

Flandrensis (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]

Lostisland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Paxaris (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aaron and Moses (Maronite Church)

Alexander Liberman (Artology)

Buckthorn Day (French Republic)

Candida the Elder (Christian; Saint)

Catherine of Racconigi (Christian; Blessed)

Ceremony of Transformation Through Anubis (Ancient Egypt)

Chester Brown Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Dina Bélanger (Christian; Blessed)

Ed the Happy Clown Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Guglielmini (Positivist; Saint)

Hermione of Ephesus (Christian; Saint)

Ida of Herzfeld (Christian; Saint)

Irmgardis of Süchteln (Christian; Saint)

Ludi Romani begins (Ancient Rome games; until September 19)

Marcellus and Valerian (Christian; Martyrs)

Media Aestas IV (Pagan)

Moses and Aaron (Lutheran Church and Eastern Orthodox Church)

Oskar Schlemmer (Artology)

Paul Jones (Episcopal Church)

Rock Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Rosalia (Christian; Saint)

Rose of Viterbo (Christian; Saint)

Roosevelt Franklin (Muppetism)

Rufinus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus (Christian; Saint)

Thamel and companions (Christian; Saints)

Tirobhab Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

Ultan of Ardbraccan (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [35 of 53]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [41 of 60]

Premieres

All About Steve (Film; 2009)

Black Boy, by Richard Wright (Memoir; 1945)

Bob Roberts (Film; 1992)

Butter (Film; 2011)

The Castafiore Emerald, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1962) [Tintin #21]

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (WB Animated Film; 2007)

Curious George (Animated TV Series; 2006)

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

An English Murder, by Cyril Hare (Novel; 1951)

Extract (Film; 2009)

Foiled Again or Don’t Fence Me In (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 158; 1962)

Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out!, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1970)

Gone Batty (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

A Handful of Dust, by Evelyn Waugh (Novel; 1934)

How to Play Baseball (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis (Novel; 1956) [The Chronicles of Narnia #7]

London Calling, by Noel Coward (Play; 1923)

Maigret Rents a Room, by Georges Simenon (Novel; 1951)

The Price is Right (TV Game Show; 1956)

Speaking of the Weather (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Swing Time (Film; 1936)

Three Musketeers, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 157; 1962)

Toxicity, by System of a Down (Album; 2001)

Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series; 1995)

Today’s Name Days

Ida, Iris, Irmgard, Rosalia, Rosalie (Austria)

Dunja, Ida, Marin, Mojsije, Rozalija (Croatia)

Jindřiška (Czech Republic)

Theodosias (Denmark)

Priide, Priidika, Priidla (Estonia)

Ansa (Finland)

Iris, Moïse, Rosalie (France)

Ida, Iris, Irmgard, Rosalie, Sven (Germany)

Ermione, Ermioni (Greece)

Rozália (Hungary)

Rosalia (Italy)

Dzintars, Dzintra (Latvia)

Germantė, Girstautas, Rozalija, Rožė (Lithuania)

Ida, Idar (Norway)

Agatonik, Ida, Lilianna, Rościgniew, Róża, Rozalia (Poland)

Moise, Vavila (Romania)

Rozália (Slovakia)

Moisés, Rosalía (Spain)

Gisela (Sweden)

Becky, Erin, Erina, Ida, Idalia, Moe, Moises, Moses, Moss, Reba, Rebecca, Rebekah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 247 of 2024; 118 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 36 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 28 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Geng-Shen), Day 20 (Yi-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 18 Elul 5783

Islamic: 18 Safar 1445

J Cal: 7 Aki; Sevenday [7 of 30]

Julian: 22 August 2023

Moon: 73%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 23 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Guglielmini]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 75 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 14 of 32)

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IMAGENES Y DATOS INTERESANTES DEL DIA 4 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023

Día Mundial de la Salud Sexual, Día Internacional del Taekwondo, Día Mundial del Síndrome PFAPA, Año Internacional del Mijo y Año Internacional del Diálogo como Garantía de Paz.

Santa Rosalía, San Amniano, Santa Iris y Santa Monesa.

Tal día como hoy en el año 1781: Los españoles Gaspar de Portolá y Junípero Serra fundan el Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles en la región conocida por los nativos como el Valle del Humo. La que es la actual ciudad de Los Ángeles, en California.

En 1882: Se inaugura la primera red de iluminación eléctrica en Nueva York

En 1888: Un violento huracán arrasa gran parte de la isla de Cuba.

En 1888: El estadounidense propietario de la compañía Kodak, George Eastman, patenta el primer rollo y cámara Kodak.

En 1890: Se produce un incendio que destruye casi por completo la ciudad de Salónica (Grecia).

En 1951: Entra en funcionamiento el cable coaxial en Estados Unidos, lo que permitió la primera transmisión de televisión transcontinental.

En 1969: Se inaugura el metro en la ciudad de México, D. F.

En 1998: Larry Page y Serguéi Brin fundan en Estados Unidos la empresa propietaria de la marca Google.