An engaged North Carolina woman says she got “deathly sick” on a Dominican Republic vacation after drinking from her resort’s poolside bar.

“I FaceTimed my daughter and … I was crying, I said, ‘I don’t know if I’m going to make it back home,'” Teresa McAbee told news station WYFF.

McAbee said she checked into a resort on May 27 in Punta Cana amid a health crisis on the Caribbean island, which has recently seen dozens of American tourists fall sick with suspicious illnesses.

During the trip, McAbee became so sick that she could hardly move, she said.

“We were at the pools, at the swim bar, just having fun,” McAbee told the news station. “Within 30 minutes of getting to the room, I just became deathly sick.”

For the next two days, McAbee suffered from severe nausea and stomach pains, according to the news station. Her fiance and another member of their group also fell ill, but their symptoms were not as severe as hers, she said.

She returned home to Gaffney, NC, and went to the hospital, where she spent 10 hours in the emergency room, according to WYFF. McAbee never received a diagnosis for the terrifying illnesses.

“I’ve been sick before with the flu and viruses, but never anything like that,” McAbee said.

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