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It started when Savannah Mares-Sedillo's tongue went numb

She then lost feeling in part of her face and rushed to the emergency room

Mares-Sedillo was eventually diagnosed with Bell's Palsy, which was believed to be brought on by stress

Savannah Mares-Sedillo didn’t think anything of it when she noticed that part of her tongue felt a bit numb.

A few days later, the actress and model woke up to a strange feeling in other parts of her face. She felt a burning sensation in her eyes and her face began twitching. Still, Mares-Sedillo went to work and tried to go about her day.

“I was filming auditions and kept powering through. That night, I started to feel sick," she tells PEOPLE. "I wrote it off that morning. I woke up at 6:00 a.m 'cause I had to film an audition that was

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