Recurring fevers, mental fog left this father 'praying for death'

Illustration for medmystery0404 (Bianca Bagnarelli/For The Washington Post) Andy McDonald told his wife he wasn't feeling well as they drove to the Cowlitz County Fair in July 2022. The fevers that had been plaguing McDonald just kept coming. "It was weird," said McDonald, a retired sawmill worker in Clatskanie, Oregon, about 60 miles northwest of Portland. "I'd be sleeping and a fever would come on, and when I woke up, the sheets were wet -- like someone dumped water on them."