Thebes, Royal Palace, Ahmose’s Room,
a few days later
After Thutmose’s surgery, Master Aleh visited him twice. However, the Royal Doctor was not pleased with his visits, so he stopped going.
The Pharaoh’s body was weak and fatigued, not only from the draining of the abscess but from the illnesses he had endured since his birth. His health began to deteriorate as if he were convinced that now he had provided heirs for Egypt, which was his most important obligation. Since he had fulfilled this requirement, his body acted as if nothing more was needed from it. Each day exhausted the young ruler’s energy. Diseases that had lain dormant in his system waiting for the right moment to emerge, now appeared. Malaria, which he had endured during his early years, returned. He had gingivitis and ev
