As usual, Maya awoke up from her slumber after taking a nap during the early morning hours of the day in question. It was 4:00 P.M. according to her watch, and she felt very weak and nauseated after enduring yet another excruciating headache since yesterday afternoon. She also felt weak and dizzy due to a constant lack of appetite and an inability to keep food down, which made her stomach hurt worse than the throbbing pain coming from her skull while sitting at the dinner table. She knew she needed to eat in order to regain strength in the wake of this unexpected setback in the hope of regaining consciousness in the next hour or so, but she couldn't stand the thought of eating anything in particular at this point. It was too painful just trying to drink water at this point in order to wash
