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At the end of August, 2017, after three weeks abroad, Johnny returned to the USA, and to his home, and to Ginger. They were both so happy to be back together. I was happy he was home,
too.
Unfortunately, Johnny was not the same. He was terribly stressed out from the trip. He was depressed over losing his best friend. He was also upset that other people were supposedly trying to claim his best friend's possessions. He was also exhausted from the long flight home.
He was concerned that his business had been neglected for so long, and he tried to catch up to where he left off.
Days went by and Johnny was not feeling any better. Because Johnny had never been sick before in his entire life he did not know what was normal ‐ or not normal. He was told he was probably just tired and dehydrated and he should just get plenty of rest and drink a lot of water. So he did that.
I finally convinced my dad to get a friend to take him to the hospital to figure out what was wrong. I was thinking perhaps he had a parasite from food or drinking the water overseas. After all, Johnny wouldn't be the first to get sick after such an exraordinary trip. He was reluctant to go to the doctor, however. He never really had to depend upon a doctor for medical advice before. He
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