There was a bad gash that was older, with the bite marks over it. It looked as though they might've aggravated it. A rash, as well, though he said that didn't set in until after they were back...

[He shakes his head a little, slowly, and focuses hard on his carving work.]

Whatever it was that got him, it bit down and dug in. He thinks it'll require stitches. And he was running a fever...

[It's a little odd, the manner in which he's offering this information: like it's a list of observations and facts he'd just memorized, lacking the medical insights to really put them all together into a picture.]