My tweet went viral.

This is my side of the story, all my words, and all my insight into what really happened.

I got out of the shower around 1:00. I was thinking of tweeting it out, and I was excited to give back. I never in my life thought it would go viral. I solely thought that a few people would think it was a cool idea and maybe favorite it.

So, that’s what I did.

It all started out on a Saturday, around 2:00. I was going to the Apple Cup football game with my mom.

We get on our friend's boat, and I am having a blast, not really worrying about my phone and what is going on. I'm not thinking about Twitter.

I do realize that my tweet has become popular, but I didn’t really realize it until I woke up to hundreds of notifications on my phone on Sunday.

My mom drops me off at the airport and my heart sank, but I didn’t really tell her how many favorites or retweets I had already gotten on my tweet, mostly because I was freaking out.

So, I get to my gate, meet up with a few friends from my sorority, and we realize it's not going to stop.

We get on the plane. The tweet is at 35.5K favorites.

We get off the plane. The tweet is at 50K favorites.

I get back to my chapter house, and the first thing I do is set up a GoFundMe because I cannot pay however many thousands of dollars out of my own pocket. The second I make this GoFundMe, it becomes a group goal. This is not just me, it’s now a community that I have created.

I go to bed on Sunday with one interview.

I wake up on Monday morning, and it's up to something-hundred thousand favorites.

I have interviews for most of the day, meanwhile balancing going to classes and doing my homework. Let me tell you, this is hard to do.

At the end of the day, I think I had eight interviews and I was ready to hide under a rock.

Tuesday.

I wake up around 3:45 in the morning with someone on the east coast asking me to be on their radio show. Something magical happens. I go back to bed for probably 45 minutes, and I wake up to see that we reached the goal of $50,000. Someone donated $25,000. The day goes by, I have eight or so more interviews, and I have never been happier in my life.

Wednesday.

Another day, another few interviews, but things are starting to slow down a little bit. I am feeling behind on my schoolwork and I need to get more sleep than I have been.

Thursday.

I am more tired than I have ever been. I cry because I am so happy but realize I am still a college student. Things are starting to die down. The donations keep coming in. When I am at work, just around 5:00 pm, I get a call from Good Morning America, and they ask if they can film a skype call. We film later that night at 9:30 pm and it goes great.

Friday.

Unfortunately, due to the fact that it is a news show, there was upcoming news that was more important than my segment, so mine was cut and moved to another day. Then, I got a message from Kmart, and they wanted to work out a partnership. This partnership was going to be called “Danni Messina Day.” On this day, at checkout, people would have the option of donating to St. Jude. All of the donations on this day would be going to my campaign.

Saturday.

One week from the day that I tweeted it. It has been quite the week.

There are still things happening. I have more interviews, more check-ins for morning shows. I talk to my mom and we are going to make it so I can go to St. Jude in Memphis to personally drop off the check and hopefully meet some of the families.

Now, this journey is something I would have never expected to happen to me in my life. I have made the most amazing connections, I have talked and heard some amazing stories from patients, and I believe my heart has grown in size because of this experience.

I have never been so passionate about something in my life, and I have never been so happy to give back to such an amazing cause.

This is my story. From me. You can view other stories, but these are the real words, from me, Danni Messina.

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