Saturday, January 20, 2007

Quarantined

My "flu" turned out to be a norovirus, the type of food-borne virus associated with cruise ships. I didn't go on a cruise, but it's fair to guess I picked it up on the previous week's travel to and from San Francisco.

I'm still considered contagious until Wednesday, according to the doctor I saw this morning. (And I still feel pretty awful.) The doctor wrote a letter to American Airlines and I cancelled tomorrow's flight to Florida. Even with a doctor's letter, cancellation still involves penalties, complications, and requires that you re-book on the same airline; however, I had $15 trip insurance, which bypassed the airline bureaucracy, netting me a full refund.

Back to bed...thanks to all of you who've emailed with "get well" messages.

2 comments:

  1. Having been in your presence on multiple occasions and even hugged you, I have to count myself lucky! And I'm so sorry you got the cruise disease without the joy of the cruise itself!

    Lynn and I tried to get flight insurance on a trip early this year. Orbitz sold us the insurance, but the insurer they use rejected it. Why? Because we were booking still-bankrupt United (no longer the case), and flight insurance and trip insurance never covers bankrupt entities.

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  2. The onset of the norovirus symptoms are about 24 hours after exposure, and the food involved is usually uncooked. Since I didn't start feeling weird until late Saturday night, I'm thinking that the culprit was probably the salad I ate at the airport Friday night before my flight home -- long after I was safely out of range of you and other friendly colleagues!

    So much for eating healthy veggies. Next time I dine at the airport, it'll be the nice, safe cholesterol-laden pizza, maximally reheated.

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