He was lucky if, as sometimes happened, the disease took the form of a slight malaise followed by a deep coma from which one never, or scarcely at all, regained consciousness.
Gaitzerdi, batzuetan gertatzen zenez, eritasuna ondoez lauso batekin hasten bazen ondotik zorabio handi batekin, zeinatik ez baitzen gehiago esnatzen edo ozta-ozta esnatzen baitzen.