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Student’s tragic final tweets predicted her own death

Andrea Jaime gave herself a bleak prognosis—and she was right.

 

Miles Klee

Internet Culture

Posted on Sep 16, 2014   Updated on May 30, 2021, 2:09 pm CDT

On Monday, Georgetown University sophomore Andrea Jaime succumbed to a case of meningitis—three days after posting a sadly prescient Twitter status about her lethal illness.

“This is what dying must feel like,” Jaime, a student at Georgetown’s School of Nursing and Health Studies, wrote on the night of Sept. 12. “105 fever I think I’m dying.”

This is what dying must feel like

— Andrea Jaime (@dreajaimee) September 13, 2014

University officials disclosed news of Jaime’s passing in a letter that said tests to confirm her cause of death are currently underway, according to an NBC report. No precautions are required from other students, but those worried about possible infection are encouraged to contact the campus health center at 202-687-2200 or 202-44-7243. 

Even when direly sick, Jaime’s sense of humor remained intact. Here’s her final tweet: 

@alexa_hoovs lmfao no fucks

— Andrea Jaime (@dreajaimee) September 13, 2014

Photo by dierk schaefer/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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*First Published: Sep 16, 2014, 7:14 pm CDT