So here is the email I would sent and had to post here.

Hey Professor Bennett,

My name is Peter Lewicki and I’m in your Philosophy 1500 class on Fridays. As you noticed, I was absent for last weeks midterm. I was wondering if I would be able to make it up because I had caught the flu last Thursday and Friday it had gotten so terrible, that I had to be taken to the hospital. Thank you and I’ll see you next week.

-Peter Lewicki