Hi Elizabeth, glad to hear you are feeling better. Did you get the sandwhich at the hotel? Your description of Phelix made me smile, cats do make everything better, don't they? Hope Antonio's bottom has continued to improve as well...
Take care, Beth Original message: Thank you, Nina. We think it was Salmonella from a chicken salad sandwich. OMG - they should bottle that stuff and turn it into a weapon of mass destruction! If it hadn't been for the hotel staff being on the ball and getting the paramedics there and brining gatorade, water, soft drinks, and checking on me numerous times (and they didn't charge for any of those things) - I truly think I would have died of dehydration. I am going to write that hotel the nicest letter I can. It was the Embassy Suites Hotels and I am here to tell you that I am a loyal patron after the way they took care of me. Once I knocked the phone off the hook by accident in my sleep -- they were there in no time making sure I was ok. My company took care of me too and didn't make me take any leave for that time I was so sick. I am very fortunate. It's bad enough being violently ill...but in an unfamiliar city, alone, with no cats - it was just almost more than I could bear. This was the first time I had spent the night away from the kitties in over 4 years. When I finally got home, I didn't even unpack - I just went to bed. All the babies piled up there with me - and my Phelix got right in his place on my arm and every now and again he would make blinky eyes at me and pat my face with his paw. It's good to be loved. elizabeth
