I've been gone for a while, but I'm not dead. I had a really nasty staph infection. I ended up with a fever of 102.7 Wedensday, even after trying oral meds, so they admitted me through the ER and kept me until today, my birthday. While I was there I had a chest x-ray done. Apparently the staph had also caused a slight case of pneumonia. For a while I thought I was MRSA, but that's not the case, thank god. Anyway, in case anyone was wondering what happened to me (you probably weren't, but still) now you know. I hope everyone else is doing fine on this end. Ciao, everyone!