One years ago, a friend of mine bestowed upon me a gift of left and right wing feathers from a turkey he harvested.
I was super stoked at the opportunity, to finally make another set of primitive arrows.
I used the left feathers and placed the right feathers in a bag for future use.
About a week after I made the arrows, I became sick, with severe chest pains.
The pain became so severe, that I had to seek medical attention.
I rarely ever get sick and, I am not the type to go to a doctor willingly, as my doctor put it,
"you have a freakishly high tolerance for pain"
I was laid up for about a week after being diagnosed with what the doctor called "A severe case of Pneumonia".
Obviously I made a rebound, and went on about life as normal.
About two weeks ago, I decided it was time to make a new set of arrows.
So I went back to my "feather stash" and proceeded to make another set of arrows.
Last Thursday night I noticed I was not feeling well. Friday came, I tossed and turned all night from severe pain.
By Saturday I knew "it was time" to drag myself to the doctor.
I spent the better part of the labor day weekend with the local county's Finest blood suckers, Technicians and Physicians.
They subjected me to sonograms, Cat scans and oh you guessed it "Needles"
Doctor walks in My room and says " I see you had a severe case of pneumonia about this time last year"
I responded, "Yep, I guess you are right"
While spending some time talking to the doctor and going over the "things that might cause Pneumonia"
bird feathers and birds came into question. After further testing of the feathers, the same strain was detected.
I was unaware that turkeys could and do carry strains of Pneumonia.
Right now, I am not so "stoked" about making arrows now.
I was just curious if anyone else has had this problem before?
