His appearance was horrible, his condition desperate. Anuria. Bilateral decapsulation of kidneys did not help, only operative wounds stopped healing. Maceration, something like erysipelas formed around them. He could not eat vomiting even with clean water. But he lived! And the most amazing thing - he never lost heart. To Dr. Mardna's question, "How are you, Alyosha?" Alyosha Nazarov always answered with a smile, "Well, not that bad, doctor!" And he added reassuringly, "Don't you worry, doctor! I will not die!"
"How does he live? After all, he is seven times dead but still alive. And it is I who should not worry?" The perplexed doctor banked his beard in a fist and shoved it into his mouth that was a sign of his utter bewilderment.