“Boychick” is okay!
Hello mom and dad. I really apologize for not contacting you in the past week, but I have physically been unable to do so. Yes -the rumors are true -I was sick. But that’s in the past, and now I’m better. I can’t tell you exactly what I had (because I couldn’t understand what the doctor said and Stephen couldn’t translate medical terminology), but I can tell you what my symptoms were. First I had a fever that lasted a day or two, which reduced to a mild fever and added more than mild nausea (blah blahhhh), which gave way to very little fever and nausea but the most uncomfortable stomach-ache you can imagine, coupled with the strangest poopies I’ve ever had. I can only describe it as constipated dihorrea. I would be relatively okay, lying down, for about an hour, and suddenly I would feel pressure in my stomach, which would gradually increase in intensity and move downwards towards my bowels, by which point I would feel like I was going to shit my pants. But then I would run to the toilet and nothing would come out, as hard as I pushed, even though I had the feeling that I really, really had to go. Very unique and uncomforatble sensation. This persisted for a day, they took me to a hospital. At the hospital they gave me some sort of I.V. I’ve been at home for two days since then and now I am almost fully recovered. I start work again tomorrow.

I’m guessing it was some sort of stomach flu?

Anyways, sorry to keep you in the dark. Love you all. How are the plants? Are there any ripe tomatoes yet?
Long family email (delayed by illness) to soon follow.

Dana