From the Blog of Dr Martin Grenier found on his PC in Riverside, California. February 17

February 17, 2017

     Wow, I slept really badly. I had really odd dreams about eating people. And in another dream, I was a rabid animal going after anything that moved or made a sound. I have not had dreams that wild ever!
     My hand is swollen to almost twice its normal size and is turning dark purple already. While changing the bandage this morning, I noticed that the flesh around the edges of the wound resembles the destruction observed in patients with necrotizing fasciitis. I attempted to remove the worst of the dead flesh, but did not have the proper tools, so it was a clumsy attempt.

     I woke up with respiratory symptoms including a very wet cough. It actually feels like someone is sitting on my chest or squeezing my lungs in a vice. Also, while I am not prone to headaches, I awoke with a bilateral headache from hell. It feels as if a hammer is making contact with my brain with every pulse of my heart. I believe this is what is inducing my nausea, but it could be another symptom from the bite.
    With how quickly I have developed the same seemingly unrelated symptoms displayed by our patients, it makes me wonder in any of the bitten people that I work are having the same accelerated progression of symptoms. I am going to have to call in today, in case I am contagious due to the cough. I do not plan on biting anyone anytime soon, so as long as I stay in, I should not infect anyone.
     I better call soon so they can try to replace me for my shift. I hope that I don't get a infection from how dirty the human mouth is.

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