Thanks you all. She's on the phone with them now...I guess she's waiting...
Bringing back some memories...*sigh*
Was it the way I wrote or was it the story?
It's the story.
It's the reminder that no day in life is promised.
It's the fact that someone, presumably otherwise healthy, could get on a plane on Monday, pick up an infection, and be dead by Thursday (without miraculous intervention).
It's just scary. And shocking. And sad. And sobering.