[kassie]

Oh my. She was such a blessing to know.

Jemian- how is your family? All safe and healthy????

[Molly Pitcher]

kassie, we wish you could have been here, too. But we've all been where you've been...other things in our lives sometimes become extra-important and time consuming.

Jemian, that is a good idea... take a breath and re-evaluate in a few days

I need to check the radar..

[Jemian]

A sucker punch in the gut

That's a good way of putting it. And, to me, it feels as if we're still getting punched.

Kassie, everyone is doing fine. Sort of. For a long time now, I've not felt 100%. But I've had no real symptoms. I just didn't feel well. On the 17th, I was asking the doc about pain medication as it was the 5th day of a headache with some accompanying dizziness and mild disorientation. Not enough for me to stop work, but enough to bother. Among the tests we did was a malaria slide. The slide itself was negative, but the lab indicated there appeared to be some infection.

So, yesterday I had my CDCs run. That revealed mild anemia but also a white count of 23. I was told the number is usually single digits. So, that means I have an infection somewhere. I'm going to see the doc later today to discuss this with her.