To WrexingDrew: Nah, at that point I still had enough fight in me to survive that leech therapy I tried to heal all my swollen bumps(the third avalance would definetly kill me though).
Meanwhile in the Hearth: today I had the most peculiar meeting with another hearthling. I was on my usual gathering routine, when I decided to hearth back home and empty my pockets, and that's when I met a naked guy running around in circles inside my base as if they were waiting for me. Turns out that Jester(that's the name of the fella) was one of the many hearthlings who were brought into this world just to see it being born. After which he just ran to a random field and went back into non-existence. And it so happened that I built my house on that very field. Pretty lucky of me, huh? So after Jester decided to finally start existing again, he found himself trapped inside my palisade. Then we had a little chat about that new ailment that have spreaded across the swamps recently, and I opened the gates for him.
And then he wished me good luck and just vanished again. What a guy.