I do not wish smallpox on my worst enemy. It is simply awful disease. Dime size yellow blisters cover every part of the body and very high fevers lasting more than 10 days.
My mother told me I was close to death. After my recovery, first thing she did was to escort me to the temple of Kali to thank the Goddess for sparing my life. The disease in my vernacular is called “dayvee” which translates into Goddess.
Sir, you are the only person I have come across who had and survived smallpox.
What a story and fortuitous outcome!