Flight 29 Down
Never had Eric felt so sick. He had been feeling sick for 2 weeks. It started with nausea and constant headaches.
Eric was making the last trip of water lugging. He hated this job and to top it all off he had a raging headache. He put the jugs down and rubbed his temples. He slowly sank to his knees and waited for it to calm down. When it finally calmed he breathed in a big breath and stood back up. He lifted the jugs up and walked back to the beach.
He dropped the jugs by Melissa and took a seat beside her. He started to feel nauseous. He laid back on the sand and tried to control his breathing. Melissa looked at him confused and just ignored him. She thought he was just being lazy again. How wrong she was.
Then the headaches turned to migraines and the waves of nausea intensified. On top of it all the dizziness came.
Everyone was eating dinner together apart from Eric who had refused to eat. No one knew why he had suddenly lost his appetite. Only Eric knew. Jackson tried his best to persuade Eric to eat since he needed to eat something.
"You have to eat something Eric" Jackson stated.
"No" Eric replied.
"You have to or you could either starve or get sick". If only they knew.
Then came the fainting. Eric couldn't go one day without fainting.
It had been 2 weeks he had suffered these symptoms. No one had witnessed him faint or throw up yet, which Eric was thankful for. He knew this could be serious. He needed to tell the others. He was sure they wouldn't believe him but he had to try. He walked over to the others at dinner. They gave him some fruit which he nibbled but couldn't eat much of it before feeling sick. He sighed and placed the banana to the side. He stood up and looked out at the sea which didn't help with the nausea.
"Eric, why aren't you eating a lot lately?" Daley asked. Eric felt light headed and knew he was gonna faint any second now.
"Sick" he mumbled. Everyone became concerned. What was wrong with Eric?
"What's wrong?" Jackson asked as he stood up and walked over. Eric's vision began to blur and black splotches began to dance across his eye sight. He began to sway on the spot slightly.
"I..I think 'm..gon' fain'" he slurred.
"Eric?" Jackson threw himself forward when Eric's eyes rolled back and he began to plummet to the floor. Jackson caught him just before he hit the ground. He gently put Eric down quickly checking if he was breathing and if his pulse was at a steady rate. Everyone ran over and kneeled beside him.
"What's wrong with him?" Nathan asked. Jackson shrugged his shoulders and tried to wake Eric up. He gently patted his cheek.
"Eric? Eric can you hear me?" Jackson asked. Eric groaned in reponse and opened his eyes.
"Are you okay?"
"No.." He responded.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Been sick..for 2 weeks..feel sick..constant headaches..keep fainting..everyday..so far..for a-for a week.." Everyone was shocked. They hadn't even noticed that Eric was so sick.