Catastrophes Update

Janet's blood platelet level was checked again today and is slightly higher than yesterday, so she does not have to stay in the hospital. She also felt slightly better today, so this is good. They say that the illness weakens people so much that they are very prone to pick up other illnesses, so she should stay away from other people as much as possible for a couple weeks.
Meanwhile, Jim's respiratory illness appears to be flu- hopefully Janet won't get it!
The side affect of all this is that we had planned to be away for a long weekend right now, but had to cancel- undoubtedly incurring some fees. We had planned to take a trip to the south- 2 nights at a national park where we might see a tiger or leopard, but certainly, some elephants and 2 nights in "Ooty". That name is a much shortened one from the India name that is difficult enough to pronounce that even Indians just call it "Ooty".