Hi Sara, Nothing like the real-life...

Hi Sara,
Nothing like the real-life adventure of getting really sick in another country... but fortunately your Powers of observation and sense of humor seem to have survived intact! What an ordeal! I hope you keep feeling better day by day and get back up to speed soon. You have amazing friends - no doubt you would do the same for any of them. This is the kind of experience you will remember forever, even if you'd like to forget it now.
Thanks so much for including me in your blog. I love it and look forward to the next one. Hope the subject matter is about more upbeat stuff - for your sake!
You may already know this, but H1N1 is the closest virus to that of the 1918 Epidemic, which is why everyone is so nervous about it, particularly with young people. People under 25 are particularly vulnerable b/c they have no "echo immunity" from the generation that survived in 1918 (your great grandparents). At school, we have antiseptic gel dispensers outside of every classroom now, and the kids 'high-five' them going in and out. Kinda bizarre, but that's life.
Take care and be well!!!
Love, Alice

Heading South?